Tuesday December 19, 6:03 PM
Stainless crude steel production up 30.4 pct in Q3
LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - World stainless crude steel
production rose by 30.4 percent to 7.1 million tonnes in the
third quarter of 2006 versus the same period last year, the
International Stainless Steel Forum said on Tuesday.
Total production for the first nine months of 2006 is 20.9
million tonnes, up by 13.0 percent compared to the same period
in 2005, the Brussels-based non-profit research organisation
said in a press release.
Asia, the largest stainless steel producing area, produced
10.9 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2006, up 14.7
percent against the same period last year.
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