In Jan–Sep 2010, the company increased steel production by 13 per cent up to 4.5 m t, rolled metal—by 18 per cent up to 4.56 m t including 317
thousand t of sheet products and 2.608 m t of rolled sections, workpieces—by 43 per cent up to 1.635 m t, hardware—by 32 per cent up to 633 thousand t, coking coal concentrate—by 66 per cent up to 8.3 m t.