The Russian Stainless Steel Development Association or Spetsstal has announced that Russia's total output of stainless steel seamless tubes in H1 2011, if compared to the equal period in 2010, rose by 55.5% to 6774 tonnes.

The key producers in H1 2011 are:

Volzhsky TZ - 3267 tonnes or 43.1% of Russia's total output.
In H1 2010 - 1452 tonnes, up by 33.3%.

Pervouralsky NTZ - 2032 tonnes (30.0%).
In H1 2010 - 1876 tonnes (43.1%)

Sinarsky TZ - 1092 tonnes (16.1%).
In H1 2010 - 760 tonnes (17.4%).

Chelyabinsky TPZ - 383 tonnes (5.6%).
In H1 2010 - 267 tonnes (6.1%).

(Sourced from www.ussa.su)