Russia: steel output down in Q1 2019

In January-March, Russia decreased production of unalloyed steel and semi-finished products by 0.2% YoY. In March the output totaled 4.8 million tons, down by 7.4% YoY and by 0.1% MoM. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, stainless steel manufacture dropped by 14.3% YoY, but grew by 13.4% MoM, to 14.3 thousand tons. In…

CIS: steel output down in January 2019

In January Russia produced 5.79 million tons of steel, down by 4.5% YoY (5.87 million tons in December 2018). Ukraine, no longer a part of CIS, decreased output by 4.9%, to 1.85 million tons (1.885 million tons). Kazakhstan produced 360 thousand tons, down by 5.5% YoY (380 thousand tons). In January Belarus manufactured 220 thousand…

CIS: steel output up in 2018

In December 2018 Russia produced 5.87 million tons of steel, down by 5.9% YoY (5.68 million tons in November 2018). In the whole year steel manufacture increased by 0.3% YoY, to 71.68 million tons. Ukraine, though no longer a part of CIS, decreased steel output in December 2018 by 0.6%, to 1.885 million tons (1.659…