Evraz ups steel output 9.8% to 4.4 mln tonnes in Q1
MOSCOW. April 15 (Interfax) - Evraz Group increased crude steel production 9.8% year-on-year in Q1 2010 to 4.4 million tonnes, the company said.
Evraz produced 4.145 million tonnes in Q4 2010.
Roll output grew 12.5% year-on-year to 4 million tonnes in Q1 2011.
Evraz steel and related output in Q1 2011 ('000 tonnes):
| Product | Q1 2011 | Q1 2010 | Q1 2011/Q1 2010 | Q4 2010 | Q1 2011/Q4 2010 |
| Crude steel | 3,066 | 2,991 | 2,5% | 2,889 | 6,1% |
| Rolled products | 4,388 | 3,997 | 9,8% | 4,145 | 5,9% |
| Semi-finished products | 4,022 | 3,576 | 12,5% | 3,760 | 7,0% |
| Construction products | 1,096 | 955 | 14,8% | 962 | 14,0% |
| Railway products | 1,274 | 1,197 | 6,4% | 1,302 | (2,2)% |
| Flat-rolled products | 502 | 451 | 11,5% | 466 | 7,8% |
| Tubular products | 720 | 632 | 13,8% | 599 | 20,2% |
| Other steel products | 199 | 193 | 2,9% | 259 | (23,2)% |
| Crude steel | 232 | 147 | 57,1% | 173 | 34,0% |
Mining segment output ('000 tonnes):
| Product | Q1 2011 | Q1 2010 | Q1 2011/Q1 2010 | Q4 2010 | Q1 2011/Q4 2010 | Q1 2011 |
| Iron ore | ||||||
| - singer ( Ukraine ) | 345 | 476 | (27,7)% | 756 | (54,4)% | 345 |
| - Concentrate ( Russia ) | 1,466 | 1,421 | 3,1% | 1,472 | (0,4)% | 1,466 |
| - Sinter ( Russia ) | 1,121 | 1,077 | 11,3% | 940 | 19,2% | 1,121 |
| - Pellets ( Russia ) | 1,516 | 1,323 | 14,6% | 1,499 | 1,1% | 1,516 |
| - Fines (S. Africa) | 152 | 166 | (8,1)% | 152 | 0,4% | 152 |
| - Sinter (S. Arica ) | 359 | 433 | (16,9)% | 391 | (8,1)% | 359 |
| Coal | ||||||
| Raw coking coal | 1,839 | 2,211 | (16,8)% | 2,226 | (17,4)% | 1,839 |
| Raw steam coal | 712 | 1,300 | (45,2)% | 518 | 37,4% | 712 |
| Coking coal concentrate | 1,768 | 1,830 | (3,4)% | 1,808 | (2,2)% | 1,768 |
| Steam coal concentrate | 177 | 332 | (46,7)% | 197 | (10,2)% | 177 |
| Vanadium products ('000 tonnes of V) | ||||||
| Vanadium in slag (saleable | 4,936 | 5,060 | (2,4)% | 4,980 | (0,9)% | 4,936 |
| - Russia | 2,925 | 3,158 | (7,4)% | 2,590 | 12,9% | 2,925 |
| - S. Africa | 2,011 | 1,901 | 5,7% | 2,390 | (15,9)% | 2,011 |
| Vanadium in final products (saleable): | ||||||
| Ferrovanadium | 4,021 | 3,873 | 3,8% | 3,018 | 33,2% | 4,021 |
Evraz Group produced 16.3 million tonnes of steel in 2010, 6.6% more than in 2009. Output of rolled products was up 2.7% to 14.7 million tonnes.
Evraz Group S.A. is a vertically-integrated steel, mining and vanadium business with operations in Russia, Ukraine, Europe, USA, Canada and South Africa. Evraz's internal consumption of iron ore and coking coal is covered by its mining operations. Evraz's consolidated revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 were $9.729 billion and consolidated adjusted EBITDA amounted to $1.766 billion.