Mechel, one of the leading Russian mining and steel groups, has announced that in the January-September period of the current year its crude steel output decreased by seven percent to 2.98 million mt, while its pig iron output declined by eight percent to 2.82 million mt, both year on year. In the January-September period, the company’s run-of-mine coal output decreased by eight percent year on year to 14.5 million mt.
In the given period, Mechel’s coking coal concentrate sales amounted to 5.4 million mt, down 10 percent from the same period in the previous year, while its coke sales amounted to 1.83 million mt, decreasing by 10 percent year on year.