According to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat), in the January-November period of this year Russian production of iron ore concentrate went up by 0.9 percent, while output of iron ore pellets increased by 1.6 percent compared to the same period last year.
In addition, in November alone Russia produced 8.5 million mt of iron ore concentrate and 3.2 million mt of iron ore pellets, down 2.2 percent and 1.7 percent respectively compared to October this year.