The Russian Tube Metallurgical Company (TMK) has released its
production results for the January-October 2006 period. According to the release, TMK increased
pipe shipments by 3.2 percent year on year to 2.5 million metric tons in January-October 2006. At the same time the company saw a 10 percent increase in crude steel
production to 1.8 million metric tons. In October alone, TMK shipped 271,400 metric tons of pipes, while it produced 154,200 metric tons of crude steel.