Russia increases steel output
Russia's Federal Statistics Service disclosed that the country's finished steel output rose 0.4 percent year on year to 44.8 million metric tons in the first ten months of 2005.
Furthermore, steel
pipe production increased 6.9 percent year on year to 5.5 million metric tons.
Iron ore output dropped 3.6 percent year on year to 78.1 million metric tons while coke output fell 8.1 percent to 26.3 million metric tons. However, coal
production rose 4.7 percent to 240 million metric tons.