Index of metallurgical production and manufacture of fabricated metal products for the year 2009 compared to January-December 2008 amounted to 86,1%, including the production of metallurgical production - 86,5%, according to the materials Minpromtorg.

For January-December last year the production of iron ore declined by 8,1% and amounted to 92 million tons of coke production decreased by 14.5% to 27.4 million tons.

In 2009 at the metallurgical enterprises of Russia produced 43.9 million tons of pig iron (-9%), smelted 59.2 million tons of steel (-13.9%). The production of oxygen-converter steel was 38 million tons, representing 97% to the index in 2008, electrical steel - 16.1 million tons (80,5%).

At the same time, there were positive changes in the structure of production: the share of BOF steel and electrical steel in total steel production has increased from 85,7% in 2008 to 91,5% in 2009, the fit of cast billets, obtained with continuous casting - from 73,8% to 81,7%, said Ministry of Industry.

Production of finished rolled steel in 2009 amounted to 50.8 million tons, which is 10,3% less than in 2008.

In the face of declining production is exacerbating the situation in the field of employment. In order to prevent massive cuts in enterprises was introduced part-time, suspended the payment of awards and financial assistance, prohibits the execution of works on weekends and overtime, according to a Ministry report.

Several companies have used the situation to the early withdrawal of repair and modernization of existing production units, which contributed to the preservation of industrial sites.

However, one of the key developments in the crisis began commissioning in July 2009, OAO Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works complex to produce rolled plate (set of mill "5000"). Investment in the project amounted to about 52 billion rubles.

In October 2009, at the production site in Lipetsk OAO Novolipetsk Steel, put into operation the fourth unit of continuous hot dip galvanizing (ANGTS-4) capacity of 300 thousand tons per year.

As a result, the input unit into operation NLMK will come to market with new species not previously produced in Russia production of high conversion and increase the output of rolled zinc coated to 1.2 million tons. The total investment in a project carried out under the program of technical re-equipment with the company Andritz Sundwig (Germany), was more than 2.5 billion rubles.
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