Russia: Severstal output up in H1 2018
In January-June Severstal increased steel output by 6% YoY, to 6.03 million tons. Pig iron manufacture grew by 1%, to 4.61 million tons. At the same time in Q2 pig iron output dropped by 4%, to 2.26 million tons, and steel – by 1%, to 3 million tons. Overall steel sales in H1 increased by…