Rolled Steel Output Down 3.3% In 2006.

MMKI and KSTL managed to keep their production cut at low levels, 0.5% and 0.8% respectively, while DNSS increased production by 1.4% and DOMZ enjoyed output growth of 5.2%.

Rolled Steel, ths mt                        2005        chg

Total                                           33,466.1      -3.3%

MMK Illicha (MMKI: SELL)              5,720.5       -0.5%

Kryvorizhstal (KSTL: BUY)              6,117.9       -0.8%

Azovstal (AZST: SELL)                    5,302.9      -14.5%

Zaporizhstal (ZPST: SELL)               3,652.1      -1.4%

DMK Dzerzhynskogo                       2,903.9      -0.3%

Alchevsk Iron & Steel (ALMK: BUY)  2,726.7      -6.3%

DMP (DOMZ)                                  698.3         5.2%

DniproSpetStal (DNSS)                    329.1        1.4%

Nyzhnyodniprovsky Pipe Rolling (NITR: BUY) 228.6 -22.0%

Donetsk Metall Rolling Plant          145.9           -8.1%