During the January-October 2006 period, the Russian steelmaker Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (
MMK) recorded a 9.4 percent increase in crude steel
production, a 9.9 percent rise in finished steel products output, a 3 percent increase in
pig iron production, a 0.1 increase in coke
production, a 7.2 rise in agglomerate
production and a 6.9 percent decrease in
iron ore production as compared to the same period of last year. The respective figures in metric tons were 10.3 million, 9.96 million, 8.2 million, 4.6 million, 9.06 million and 1.2 million. During the period in question,
MMK shipped for export 42.3 percent of its
production.
In October alone,
MMK produced 136,900 metric tons of
iron ore, 825,500 metric tons of agglomerate, 429,300 metric tons of coke, 761,300 metric tons of
pig iron, 1.04 million metric tons of finished steel products and 1.09 million metric tons of crude steel. During the same period,
MMK shipped for export 46.4 percent of its
production.