In the report published today on the results of production activities for the second quarter of 2013, the company Evraz announced the growth of steel products by 3 percent compared to the indicators of the APPG-2012.
The production of steel in the second quarter amounted to 4 million 69 thousand tons, which is 1.1 percent more than in the same quarter a year earlier, cast iron smelting 3 million 153 thousand tons. Which is also 7.5 percent higher than in APPG-2012.
In relation to the first quarter, the growth of steel production amounted to 0.2 percent. At the same time, the production of cast iron decreased by 1.5 percent.