Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel(NLMK)has stated that in January this year it shipped around 208,000 mt of hot rolled flat steel products,down eight percent month on month,including 102,000 mt of products for export and 106,000 mt for the domestic market.

In the whole of 2013,the company had shipped around 2.4 million mt of hot rolled flat steel products,up 14 percent compared to 2012,including one million mt for export and 1.4 million mt supplied to the domestic market.