OREANDA-NEWS. September 9, 2010. Production performance of steel and rolled products division1 of Metinvest in August, 2010.

Table 1

Production

August 2010, thousand tons

July 2010, thousand tons

August 2010  vs. july 2010, thousand tons

August 2010  vs. july 2010, %

Pig iron (Azovstal, Yenakiieve Steel)

584.3

574.6

+9.7

+1.7

Crude steel (Azovstal, Yenakiieve Steel)

655.6

648.4

+7.2

+1.1

Semis and finished (Yenakiieve Steel, Azovstal)

593.6

616.5

-22.9

-3.7

Large diameter pipes (Khartsyzsk Pipe)

25.3

14.8

+10.5

+70.9

Table 2

Production

January-august 2010, thousand tons

January-august 2009, thousand tons

January-august 2010  vs. january-august 2009, thousand tons

January-august 2010  vs. january-august 2009, %

Pig iron (Azovstal, Yenakiieve Steel)

4,715.1

3,784.9

+930.2

+24.6

Crude steel (Azovstal, Yenakiieve Steel)

5,440.3

4,363.7

+1,076.6

+24.7

Semis and finished (Yenakiieve Steel, Azovstal)

5,114.5

4,061.7

+1,052.8

+25.9

Large diameter pipes (Khartsyzsk Pipe)

144.1

412.2

-268.1

-65.0

Major indicators of Azovstal's performance. Table 3

Product

August 2010, thousand tons

July 2010, thousand tons

August 2010  vs. july 2010, thousand tons

August 2010  vs. july 2010, %

Pig Pig iron

390.2

380.0

+10.2

+2.7

Crude steel

432.9

422.9

+10.0

+2.4

Rolled products

380.3

411.7

-31.4

-7.6 

Major indicators of Azovstal's performance. Table 4

Product

January-august 2010, thousand tons

January-august 2009, thousand tons

January-august 2010  vs. january-august 2009, thousand tons

January-august 2010  vs. january-august 2009, %

Pig iron

3,234.8

2,390.0

+844.8

+35.3

Crude steel

3,727.6

2,781.5

+946.1

+34.0

Rolled products

3,469.8

2,564.2

+905.6

+35.3

Yenakiieve Steel major performance indicators. Table 5

Product

August 2010, thousand tons

July 2010, thousand tons

August 2010  vs. july 2010, thousand tons

August 2010  vs. july 2010, %

Hot metal

194,1

194,6

-0,5

-0,3

Steel (smelting)

222,7

225,5

-2,8

-1,2

Rolled products

213,3

204,8

8,5

+4,2

Yenakiieve Steel major performance indicators. Table 6

Product

January-august 2010, thousand tons

January-august 2009, thousand tons

January-august 2010  vs. january-august 2009, thousand tons

January-august 2010  vs. january-august 2009, %

Hot metal

1,480.3

1,394.9

+85.4

+6.1

Steel (smelting)

1,712.7

1,582.2

+130.5

+8.2

Rolled products

1,644.7

1,497.5

+147.2

+9.8

Key performance indicators of Khartsyzsk Pipe Plant. Table 7

Product

August 2010, tons

July 2010, tons

August 2010 vs. july 2010, tons

August 2010 vs. july 2010, %

Large diameter pipes

25.3

14.8

+10.5

+70.9

Key performance indicators of Khartsyzsk Pipe Plant. Table 8

Product

January-august 2010, tons

January-august 2009, tons

January-august 2010 vs. january-august 2009, tons

January-august 2010 vs. january-august 2009, %

Large diameter pipes

144.1

412.2

-268.1

-65.0

JSC Azovstal Pig 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 Pig 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.

Yenakiieve Steel is one of the world leaders in the field of merchant billet production. The company is comprised of JSC Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works 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). Yenakiieve Steel is part of the Metinvest Group Steel and Rolled Products Division.

PJSC Khartsyzsk Pipe Plantis the largest enterprise in CIS manufacturing large diameter longitudinal seam SAW pipes (508-1422 mm in diameter) with corrosion-resistant exterior and interior or flow coating for oil and gas pipelines, Plant facilities allow to manufacture more than 1,3 mln, t of pipes per year including 665 thou t of coated pipes.

Integrated Management System ensuring stable high quality of the products to the customers is functioning at Khartsyzsk Pipe Plant, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, API Spec Q1, DSTU ISO 9001 and GOST R ISO 9001 create its foundation, Products are certified according to API, EN Standards and in national system UkrSEPRO, PJSC Khartsyzsk Pipe Plant is a part of Steel and Rolled Products Division of Metinvest Group.