In its financial results according to Russian Accounting Standards (RAS) for 2012, Russian steelmaker NLMK Group's net profit decreased by 27.4 percent year on year to RUB 25.152 billion ($0.82 billion).
In the given year, NLMK's sales revenues increased by 8.6 percent to RUB 240.123 billion ($7.8 billion), compared to 2011.