OREANDA-NEWS. In January-November 2006 the Russian Federation has increased mining of iron ore by 7,4 % - up to 93,2 million tons in comparison with analogous period of the last year.

According to the Federal service of state statistics, mining of iron ore by the Russian Federation in November of this year has exceeded mining in November 2005 by 4,4 % and was less than mining in October 2006 by 3,1 %.