OREANDA-NEWS. November 15, 2010. Belarus’ ferrous rolled stock output rose 3% on the year in January-September to 1.85 million tonnes, an official with Belarus’ National Statistics Committee told.

Steel output increased 4.8% on the year to 1.999 million tonnes, and steel pipe output was up 70% on the year to 127,700 tonnes in the period. Standard quality wire output rose 33.1% on the year to 222,500 tonnes in the period, and steel wire output rose 45% to 54,700 tonnes.

Belarusian companies produced 68,900 tonnes of metal cord in the period, up 35.7% on the year.

In monetary terms, ferrous metal output in Belarus increased 14.3% on the year to 4.237 trillion Belarusian rubles (Br) in January-September 2010. (Br3,000 - USD 1) End

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