OREANDA-NEWS. December 15, 2009. Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, part of Metinvest Group, in November 2009 produced: cast iron - 398.8 thous. t, and steel - 456,4 thous. t.

Production of rolled products in November comprised 427.5 thous. t. In November 2009 the enterprise produced 179.1 thous. t of bulk coke with 6% of moisture.

Production decrease in November 2009 is due to major overhauls of the core production equipment.

Azovstal's key performance indicators

Product

November 2009 thous. t

October 2009 thous. t

November 2009

vs. October 2009, thous. t

November 2009

vs. October 2009, %

Cast iron

398,8

429,8

-31,0

-7,2

Steel (smelting)

456,4

493,2

-36,8

-7,5

Rolled product

427,5

457,0

-29,5

-6,5

Bulk coke 6% moisture

179,1

185,4

-6,3

-3,4

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-November2008 , %

Cast iron

3608,2

4415,6

-807,4

-18,3

Steel (smelting)

4176,2

5290,7

-1114,5

-21,1

Rolled product

3862,9

4868,1

-1005,2

-20,6

Bulk coke 6% moisture

1837,9

2090,4

-252,5

-12,1

JSC Azovstal Iron & Steel Works is a modern high-tech enterprise manufacturing a broad range of metal products: slab, long and shaped rolled products, rails, rail fastening, square billets, heavy plate, and slag products.

Production capacity of the Mill is over 5.5 mln. t of cast iron, over 6.4 mln. t of steel, including  4.4 mln. t of converter steel, and over 4.4  mln. t of rolled products. Design capacity of rail fastenings production is 285 thous. tpa, grinding balls - 170 thous. tpa.