According to the data released by the Russian Federation's Federal State Statistics Service, in the first ten months of 2009 Russia produced 48.3 million metric tons of crude steel - down 21.7 percent, 41.8 million metric tons of finished steel products - down 17.5 percent, 5.3 million metric tons of steel pipes - down 23.3 percent, all compared to January-October 2008.
In addition, during the same period the country registered a 12.2 percent decrease in coal mining output and a 16.3 percent reduction in iron ore mining output year on year. The respective figures in metric tons were 239 million and 75.5 million.