Russia produced 40.51 million tonnes of ferrous metal roll in the first ten months of 2002, up 3.6 percent year-on- year, the State Statistics Committee has said.

Sheet production grew 7 percent to 17.32 million tons, of which 5.62 million tons of cold-rolled sheet, and sections and bars grew 1.1 percent to 22.8 million tons.

Russia produced 38.25 million tons of pig iron, including blast- furnace alloys, up 1.9 percent year-on- year. Crude steel production grew 0.6 percent to 49.71 million tons.