OREANDA-NEWS. July 19, 2010. Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, part of Metinvest Group, in June 2010 produced: cast iron - 423.3 thous.t, steel - 484.3 thous.t.

Production of rolled steel in June comprised June 438.6 thous.t. In June 2010 the plant produced 179.0 thous.t of bulk coke with 6% of moisture.

Azovstal’s key performance indicators

Product

June 2010, thous.t

May 2010, thous.t

June 2010 vs. May 2010, thous.t

June 2010 vs. May 2010, %

Cast iron

423,3

437,8

-14,5

-3,3

Steel (smelting)

484,3

510,4

-26,1

-5,1

Rolled product

438,6

485,0

-46,3

-9,6

Bulk coke 6% moisture

179,0

185,4

-6,5

-3,5

Product

January-June 2010, thous.t

January-June 2009, thous.t

January-June 2010 vs. January-June 2009, thous.t

January-June 2010 vs. January-June 2009, %

Cast iron

2464,4

1610,2

+854,2

+53,0

Steel (smelting)

2871,9

1881,8

+990,1

+52,6

Rolled product

2678,4

1759,8

+918,6

+52,2

Bulk coke 6% moisture

1044,2

926,4

+117,8

+12,7

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.