OREANDA-NEWS. January 12, 2011. Production performance of Metinvest in December 2010.

Table 1

Production

December 2010, thousand tons

November 2010, thousand tons

December 2010 vs. November 2010, thousand tons

December 2010 vs. November 2010, %

Gross coke, 6% humidity, (Avddivka Coke+Azovstal)

577.75

541.48

+36.27

+6.7

incl. BF coke, dry (Avdiivka Coke+Azovstal)

497.53

464.22

+33.31

+7.2

Table 2

Production

January-December 2010, thousand tons

January-December 2009, thousand tons

January-December 2010  vs. January -December 2009, thousand tons

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

Gross coke, 6% humidity, (Avddivka Coke+Azovstal)

5,736.77

4,822.93

+913.84

+18.9

incl. BF coke, dry (Avdiivka Coke+Azovstal)

4,898.89

4,114.20

+784.69

+19.1

Avdiivka Coke major performance indicators. Table 3

Product

December 2010, thousand tons

November 2010, thousand tons

December 2010 vs. November 2010, thousand tons

December 2010 vs. November 2010, %

Gross coke, 6% humidity, incl.

384.48

362.18

+22.30

+6.2

incl. BF coke, dry

330.54

310.13

+20.41

+6.6

Avdiivka Coke major performance indicators. Table 4

Product

January-December 2010, thousand tons

January-December 2009, thousand tons

January-December 2010  vs. January-December 2009, thousand tons

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

Gross coke, 6% humidity, incl.

3,585.09

2,799.02

+786.08

+28.1

incl. BF coke, dry

3,052.75

2,375.29

+677.45

+28.5

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

Product

December 2010, thousand tons

November 2010, thousand tons

December 2010 vs. November 2010, thousand tons

December 2010  vs. November 2010, %

Gross coke, 6% humidity, incl.

193.27

179.30

+13.97

+7.8

incl. BF coke, dry

166.99

154.10

+12.90

+8.4

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

Product

January-November 2010, thousand tons

January-December 2009, thousand tons

January-December 2010  vs. January-December 2009, thousand tons

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

Gross coke, 6% humidity, incl.

2,151.68

2,023.91

+127.77

+6.3

incl. BF coke, dry

1,846.14

1,738.91

+107.23

+6.2

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.