OREANDA-NEWS. December 22, 2010. Production performance of Metinvest in November 2010.

Table 1

Production

November 2010, thousand tons

October 2010, thousand tons

November 2010 vs. October 2010, thousand tons

November 2010 vs. October 2010, %

Gross coke, 6% humidity, (Avddivka Cokeplus Azovstal)

541,53

557,90

-16,37

-2,9

incl. BF coke, dry (Avdiivka Cokeplus Azovstal)

464,22

477,84

-13,62

-2,8

Table 2

Production

January-november 2010, thousand tons

January-november 2009, thousand tons

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

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

Gross coke, 6% humidity, (Avddivka Cokeplus Azovstal)

5 159,82

4 376,21

plus 783,61

plus 17,9

incl. BF coke, dry (Avdiivka Cokeplus Azovstal)

4 402,05

3 733,43

plus 668,62

plus 17,9

Avdiivka Coke major performance indicators. Table 3

Product

November 2010, thousand tons

October 2010, thousand tons

November 2010 vs. october 2010, thousand tons

ovember 2010 vs. october 2010, %

Gross coke, 6% humidity, incl.

362,18

372,39

-10,21

-2,7

incl. BF coke, dry

310,13

318,88

-8,75

-2,7

Avdiivka Coke major performance indicators. Table 4

Product

January-november 2010, thousand tons

January-november 2009, thousand tons

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

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

Gross coke, 6% humidity, incl.

3 201,35

2 538,11

plus 663,24

plus 26,1

incl. BF coke, dry

2 722,90

2 153,94

plus 568,96

plus 26,4

Major indicators of Azovstal's performance in august 2010. Table 5

Product

November 2010, thousand tons

October 2010, thousand tons

November 2010 vs. october 2010, thousand tons

ovember 2010  vs. october 2010, %

Gross coke, 6% humidity, incl.

179,35

185,51

-6,16

-3,3

incl. BF coke, dry

154,10

158,97

-4,87

-3,1

Major indicators of Azovstal's performance in august 2010. Table 6

Product

January-november 2010, thousand tons

January-november 2009, thousand tons

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

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

Gross coke, 6% humidity, incl.

1 958,46

1 838,09

plus 120,37

plus 6,5

incl. BF coke, dry

1 679,15

1 579,48

plus 99,66

plus 6,3

JSC Avdiivka Coke Plant (Avdiivka Coke) is the largest and most high-tech coking and chemicals enterprise in Europe. The Enterprise produces around 30 types of products, with metallurgical coke as the core product. Avdiivka Coke is part of the Coal and Coke Division of Metinvest Group.

Metinvest is an international vertically integrated mining and metallurgical group of companies, Production facilities of Metinvest Group enterprises allow both to satisfy own demand for raw materials, liquid steel and semi-finished products and to be key supplier for major Ukrainian and European companies as well as Asian companies, The shareholders of Metinvest Group are SCM Group (75%) and Smart Holding (25%) that take part in management of Metinvest Group on partnership basis.

Metinvest Holding is the managing company of Metinvest Group.