Russia’s Ashinskiy sees 6.5 percent rise in Q1 steel output

According to its data issued for the first quarter of the current year, Russian steel producer Ashinskiy Metallurgical Works (Ashinskiy) registered a 6.5 percent rise year on year in its steel output to 181,000 mt, including 177,500 mt of slabs - up 8.6 percent year on year.
 
In January-March, Ashinskiy kept its output of rolled steel products at the levels of the same period last year, producing 152,700 mt
 
In addition, during the period in question Ashinskiy's deliveries of steel plates went up by seven percent year on year to 139,000 mt. Of this figure, 123,000 mt of plates were delivered to the Russian domestic market - up 20.6 percent, 5,000 mt were exported to non-CIS countries - down almost 4.8 times, and 3,000 mt were delivered to CIS countries - up one percent, all compared to January-March 2010.