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MMK announces operational trading update for Q4 and FY 2009

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  • 02 February, 2010
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MMK announces operational trading update for Q4 and FY 2009

 

Production Q4 2009 Q3 2009   FY 2009 FY 2008  
‘000 tons ‘000 tons % ‘000 tons ‘000 tons %
Cast iron 2 239 2 326 -4% 8 163 8 541 -4%
Crude steel 2 558 2 831 -10% 9 618 11 957 -20%
Finished products output 2 327 2 601 -11% 8 764 10 911 -20%
Production Q4 2009 Q3 2009   FY 2009 FY 2008  
‘000 tons ‘000 tons ‘000 tons ‘000 tons ‘000 tons ‘000 tons
Finished products output: 2 327 2 601 -11% 8 764 10 911 -20%
Slabs and billets 1 2 - 3 952 -100%
Long products 175 312 -44% 1 004 1 577 -36%
Flat hot-rolled products 1 452 1 553 -7% 5 355 5 661 -5%
High value added (HVA) products* 699 735 309% 2 403 2 721 -12%
     Thick plate 130 29 347% 159 0 -
     Flat cold-rolled products 293 331 -12% 1 090 1 362 -20%
     Downstream products: 277 375 -26% 1 154 1 359 -15%
         Tin plate 41 59 -30% 212 216 -2%
         Galvanized steel 117 177 -34% 490 455 8%
         Galvanized colour-coated steel 55 68 -19% 207 157 32%
         Band 28 23 22% 106 282 -62%
         Formed section 26 25 4% 79 187 -58%
         Pipes 10 21 -54% 57 62 -7%
* including thick plate, CRC and downstream products      

* MMK retained leading positions among Russian steel producers in 2009 with the market share of 17%.
* Total crude steel output in 2009 equaled to 9,618 th.tons. Finished products output amounted to 8,764 th.tons.
* Finished steel production in 2009 decreased by 20% y-o-y, at the same time HVA products output decreased by only 12%.
* HVA share in 2009 went up to 27.4%. MMK discontinued production of commercial slabs and billets.
* Plate Mill 5000 production kept on increasing to amount to 130 th.tons in Q4 2009. Total thick plates production from the start-up of Plate Mill 5000 amounted to 159 th.tons.
* Due to start-up of new facilities MMK increased output of major downstream product types: galvanized and color-coated steel output in 2009 amounted to 490 th.tons and 207 th.tons respectively which is 8% and 32% higher y-o-y.

Source:MMK press-service

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