Mechel, one of the leading Russian mining and steel groups, has announced that in the first half of 2018 its crude steel output decreased by eight percent to 2.05 million mt, while its pig iron output declined by five percent to 1.928 million mt, both year on year. Mechel's run-of-mine coal production in the first six months went down by six percent year on year to 9.69 million mt,
In the given period, Mechel’s coking coal concentrate sales amounted to 3.52 million mt, down 14 percent compared to the first half of 2017, while its coke sales in the same period decreased by 12 percent year on year to 1.21 million mt.