TMK ups production in January-June 2006

Russian Tube Metallurgical Company (TMK) dispatch of pipes rose 6.3 percent and that of billets and finished steel products rose 81.6 percent year on year to 1.46 million tons and 319,800 tons respectively in January-June of 2006. In the first half of 2006, TMK produced 1.107 million tons of crude steel, up 17.6 percent compare to the same period of 2005.