In January-October rolled metal output grew by 2% YoY, to 51.3 million tons.
In October manufacture dropped by 1.5% YoY and by 0.4% MoM.
According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, Russia produced 43.1 million tons of pig iron, on par with 10 months of 2017. In October output decreased by 3.4% YoY, but went up by 0.9% MoM.
Pipe manufacturers increased output by 3.4% YoY in January-October, to 10.1 million tons.
In October the manufacture decreased by 8.3% YoY and by 3.3% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)