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Russia's Evraz says crude steel output down 8 pct q/q

MOSCOW, April 16 (Reuters) - Russia's largest steelmaker Evraz (Other OTC: EVRZF - news) said on Wednesday first-quarter crude steel output fell 8 percent quarter-on-quarter to 3.7 million tonnes and forecast production would rise in the second quarter at its Russian mills.

The company, part-owned by billionaire Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich, said output was down 9 percent in the first three months of 2014 compared with the same period last year. (Reporting by Alessandra Prentice, editing by Megan Davies)