According to the data released by the Russian Federation's Federal State Statistics Service, in January- August 2006, the country's crude steel
production rose 7.5 percent year on year to 46.8 million metric tons.
As regards the largest Russian steel producers,
Severstal raised crude steel
production by 8.1 percent,
NLMK by 10.9 percent, NKMK by 9.7 percent, ZapSib by 33.6 percent and OEMK by 5 percent.