OREANDA-NEWS. In January 2007, the Russian Federation increased mining of iron ore by 6,1 % - up to 8,8 million tons in comparison with January 2006, the Federal service of state statistics informed.

It is also marked that extraction of iron ore in the Russian Federation in January 2007 was 0,4 % less than mining in December 2006.

In 2006, the Russian Federation increased iron ore mining by 7,3 % - up to 102 million tons in comparison with 2005.