In addition, during the same period Russia produced 19.8 million metric tons of coke - up 5.8 percent, 30 million metric tons of pig iron - down three percent, 34.7 million metric tons of finished steel products - up 3.4 percent, and 5.2 million metric tons of steel pipes - up 20.7 percent, all compared to the corresponding period of last year.
Russia issues January-July production results
According to the data released by the Russian Federation's Federal State Statistics Service, in the first seven months of 2007 the country registered a 0.1 percent drop in coal mining output against a 3.2 percent rise in iron ore mining output year on year. The respective figures in metric tons were 176 million and 60.7 million.