OREANDA-NEWS. December 15, 2009. JSC Yenakiievo Metallurgical Works (EMZ), part of Metinvest Group, in November 2009 produced 187.1 thous. t of cast iron, and 213.2 thous. t of steel. Output of rolled products comprised 204.1 thous. t. 

For January-November 2009 EMZ decreased production of steel and rolled products vs. similar period of the previous year: cast iron production comprised 1922.3 thous. t, which is by 19.3% below the performance of the last year, steel making dropped by 14.2% down to 2175.8 thous. t, production of finished rolled products plummeted by 18.3% - down to 2059.9 thous. t. 

Key performance indicators of EMZ OJSC

Product

November 2009 thous. t

 

October 2009 thous. t

 

November 2009 vs. October  2009, thous. t

 

November  2009 vs. October 2009, %

 

Cast iron

187,1

150,9

36,2

+24,0

Steel (smelting)

213,2

172,3

40,9

+23,7

Rolled product

204,1

159,9

44,2

+27,6

Product

January-November 2009 thous. t

 

January-November  2008 thous. t

 

January-November 2009 vs. January-November 2008, thous. t

 

January-November 2009 vs. January-November 2008, %

 

Cast iron

1922,3

2382,5

-460,2

-19,3

Steel (smelting)

2175,8

2535,3

-359,5

-14,2

Rolled product

2059,9

2522,8

-462,9

-18,3

EMZ Group is one of the world leaders in the field of merchant billet production. The Group is comprised of JSC Yenakiievo Metallurgical Works (EMZ) and Metalen, LLC Ukrainian-Switzerland Joint Venture, which operate at the same production site and have the same production cycle. The Company manufactures cast billet, bars, as well as various long products (beams, channels, angle bars, etc). EMZ is part of the Metinvest Group Steel and Rolled Products Division.