According to the data released by the Russian Federation's Federal State Statistics Service, in the first eleven months of 2009 Russia produced 53.7 million metric tons of crude steel - down 17.6 percent, 46.2 million metric tons of finished steel products - down 13.7 percent, 5.9 million metric tons of steel pipes - down 19.5 percent, all compared to January-November 2008.
In addition, during the same period the country registered a 10.8 percent decrease in coal mining output and a 12.1 percent reduction in iron ore mining output year on year. The respective figures in metric tons were 268 million and 83.7 million.