METAL PRODUCTION IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2003

A&G Information Services 05-13-2003 METAL PRODUCTION IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2003 ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, MAY 12, 2003 (A&G News via COMTEX) -- Outputof ready (finished) rolled ferrous metal in thefirst quarter of 2003 increased to 12,2 milliontons, or by 7,2% as compared with the sameperiod of 2002. Output of steel pipes increasedby 12,4%, to 1,3 million tons. There are severalreasons of such increase. First of all, theincrease of export supplies to the South-EasternAsia. This help, for example, ...