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Evraz increases production in line with higher demand

September 02, 2010 - 13:30 GMT Location: London

KEYWORDS: CIS , Russia , Evraz , H1 , production , Europe , North America , Africa

Evraz has reported a year-on-year increase in its crude steel production in the first half of the year thanks to higher demand, according to the company

Crude steel production for the six months ending June 30 rose 22% to 8 million tonnes, according to the Russian steelmaking group. Sales volumes of finished and semi-finished products rose 13.1% to 7.74 million tonnes, up from 6.84 million tonnes over the same...

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