According to its data issued for the first two months of the current year, Russian steel producer Ashinskiy Metallurgical Works (Ashinskiy) registered a 2.8 percent drop year on year in its steel output to 110,000 mt, including 108,600 mt of slabs - down 0.8 percent year on year.
In January-February, Ashinskiy produced 99,000 mt of rolled steel products - down one percent compared to the same period last year.
In addition, during the period in question Ashinskiy's deliveries of steel plates dropped by 1.1 percent year on year to 91,600 mt. Of this figure, 79,600 mt of plates were delivered to the Russian domestic market - up 20.9 percent year on year, about 4,700 mt were exported to non-CIS countries - down 73.4 percent, and 2,200 mt were delivered to CIS countries - up 23.2 percent, all compared to January-February 2010.