According to the data released by the Russian Federation's Federal State Statistics Service, in November this year Russia registered a 56.5 percent increase year on year in its crude steel production to 5.4 million metric tons - down 2.8 percent month on month.
During the month in question, Russia produced 3.9 million metric tons of pig iron and blast furnace ferroalloys - up 66.8 percent year on year, but down 4.4 percent month on month, 4.3 million mt of billets - up 71 percent year on year and down 4.1 percent month on month, 2.4 million metric tons of long products - up 38 percent year on year and down 7.1 percent month on month, and 1.9 million metric tons of flat rolled products - up 87.4 percent year on year and down 6.4 percent month on month. The above flat rolled production figure includes 600,000 metric tons of cold rolled - up 67.4 percent, and 1.3 million metric tons of hot rolled - up 99.6 percent, both compared to November 2008. Meanwhile, the country's November output of pipes saw a 45.7 percent increase year on year to 598,000 mt - down 5.2 percent month on month.
In addition, in November this year Russia produced 492,000 mt of rolled products from low-alloy steel - down 1.9 percent, 275,000 mt of coated sheet and tinplate - up 50.8 percent, 43,600 mt of cold rolled steel strip - up 59.9 percent, 47,900 mt of bent-steel sections - up 11 percent, and 25,300 mt of wire rod - up 20.9 percent, all compared to the same month last year.
On the other hand, in January-November this year, Russia's output of crude steel went down by 17.6 percent, its pig iron and blast furnace ferroalloys production decreased by 13.4 percent, its billet output dropped by 8.5 percent, its long product output fell by 16.6 percent, its flat rolled product output declined by 8.8 percent (including a 15.5 drop in cold rolled and a 5.4 decline in hot rolled production), its pipe production went down by 19.5 percent, its output of rolled products from low-alloy steel decreased by 48.5 percent, its coated sheet and tinplate production went down by 15.4 percent, its cold rolled steel strip output declined by 42.2 percent, its bent-steel section production dropped by 32.9 percent, and its output of wire rod decreased by 35.5 percent, all compared to January-November 2008.