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    	<title>RF Supreme Commercial Court and Constitutional Court Support NLMK </title>
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														<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:23:43 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			The Constitutional Court and the Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation have supported NLMK&amp;rsquo;s position regarding the unlawfulness of the award issued by the International Commercial Arbitration Court (ICAC) at the Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry (CCI) of the Russian Federation that was challenged by Nikolay Maximov. 
	 
	The first decision relates to the ...
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    	<title>Cherepovets Steel Mill increased strip deliveries to Russian pipe makers in 2011 by 5%</title>
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														<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:20:58 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			Severstal, one of the world&amp;rsquo;s leading vertically integrated steel and steel related mining companies, announces that its Cherepovets Steel Mill, part of the Severstal Russian Steel Division and one of the world's largest standalone integrated steelworks by capacity, increased deliveries to Russian pipe making companies in 2011 by 5%.  
	 
	A total of more than 700,000 tonnes of ...
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    	<title>TMK makes first shipment of vacuum insulated tubing to Gazprom</title>
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														<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:01:49 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			TMK, one of the world&amp;rsquo;s leading producers of tubular products for the oil and gas industry, becomes the first manufacturer in Russia to produce vacuum insulated tubing (VIT). The company has now made its first shipment of VIT to Gazprom for the use in the Bovanenkovskoye gas condensate field on the Yamal Pensinsula. 
	 
	The total volume of the pilot shipment was 722 running ...
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    	<title>Lipetsk main site summarizes the results of its environmental project implementation </title>
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														<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:01:00 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			In 2011 the main production site in Lipetsk of NLMK allocated approximately RUR 4 billion on environmental protection projects. To date, around 100 environmental projects aimed at revamping and upgrading process equipment and operations have been completed. 
	 
	Despite reporting a 5% increase in steel output due to the commissioning of new facilities ( including the blast furnace #7 named ...
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    	<title>Afferro Mining Inc. approves sale of 38.5% stake in Putu Iron Ore Project in Liberia to Severstal</title>
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														<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:12:50 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			OAO Severstal, one of the world&amp;rsquo;s leading vertically integrated steel and steel related mining companies, announces that the shareholders of Afferro Mining Inc. have today approved the sale of its 38.5% interest in the Putu iron ore project in Liberia to Lybica Holding B.V., the Company&amp;rsquo;s indirect subsidiary. 
	 
	The transaction has been formally approved by the TSX ...
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    	<title>Users and importers of steel products from 60 world countries visited Metal-Expo'2011</title>
				<link>http://www.metalinfo.ru/en/news/54104</link>
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														<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:01:00 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			Metal-Expo Management has published Metal-Expo&amp;rsquo;2011 visitors&amp;rsquo; outlook provided by an independent specialized company. According to the outlook representatives of 61 countries of the total of some 250 world countries visited Metal-Expo&amp;rsquo;2011. 
	 
	Russia accounts for the majority of the visitors: more than 80% of the total amount. The EU, South-East Asia, and ...
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    	<title>NLMK trading update for Q4 2011 </title>
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														<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:16:44 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			NLMK Group&amp;rsquo;s steel production in Q4 2011 amounted to 3.2 million tonnes (+9.6% quarter-on-quarter). The Group&amp;rsquo;s steelmaking facilities were running at about 91% (97% at the Lipetsk production site; 56% at the Long Products Division; and 74% at NLMK&amp;rsquo;s international divisions, including 71% at NLMK Indiana and 79% at NLMK Verona).  
	Blast Furnace #7 (BF-7) ...
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    	<title>Metal-Expo’2012: November is on the doorstep</title>
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														<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:02:00 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			Right after the end of the New Year and Christmas holidays Metal-Expo Management began arranging exposition of  Metal-Expo&amp;rsquo;2012 International Industrial Exhibition . Metal-Expo Management expects more than 700 companies from 35 countries to participate this year.  
	 
	Already in October – December 2011 leading Russian and international steel-making and machine-building companies ...
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    	<title>OMZ signs a contract on delivery of oil processing equipment to Novokuybishevskiy refinery </title>
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														<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:21:36 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			OMZ concluded a contract to supply equipment for Novokuybishevskiy oil refinery, which enters Rosneft. 
	 
	In the framework of the contract Izhorskie Zavody, part of OMZ Group, will produce heavy reactor equipment for combined plant, which is under construction at refinery Novokuibyshevskiy hydrocracking complex. The reactor vessel will be made of forged shells with internal cladding ...
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    	<title>Moody's upgrades EVRAZ to Ba3, stable outlook</title>
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														<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:18:41 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			EVRAZ welcome the upgrade by Moody's Investors Service of Evraz Group S.A.&amp;rsquo;s corporate family rating (CFR) to Ba3 from B1. The outlook of the rating was changed to stable from positive. Concurrently, the senior unsecured rating of Evraz Group's notes was upgraded to B1 from B2. 
	 
	According to Moody&amp;rsquo;s, the upgrade and the stable rating outlook reflect the improving ...
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    	<title>OMZ-Special Steels completes installation a of vertical heat-treatment furnace </title>
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														<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:39:27 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			OMZ-Spesial Steels, part of OMZ Group, has completed construction of the new heat-treatment furnace. 
	 
	The new shaft electric furnace of the vertical type is used for heating by normalizing, hardening and drawing of workpieces of turbo-generator rotors of steam turbines, propeller shafts and high-chromium long-grade workpieces. Volume of investment in the project constitutes 106 million ...
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    	<title>TMK announces 4Q and full-year 2011 production results and trading update</title>
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														<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:28:45 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			The following contains forward looking statements concerning future events. These forward looking statements are based on current information and assumptions of TMK management concerning known and unknown risks and uncertainties. 
 
	OAO TMK (&amp;ldquo;TMK&amp;rdquo; or &amp;ldquo;the Company&amp;rdquo;), one of the world&amp;rsquo;s leading oil and gas steel pipe suppliers, announces its ...
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    	<title>IZ-KARTEX delivers its 500th excavator EKG-10</title>
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														<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:26:56 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			IZ-KARTEX plant, part of OMZ Group, delivered its 500th excavator EKG-10. 
	 
	EKG-10s operating weight is 400 tons, bucket capacity is 10 cubic meters. This is the most popular model of excavators, produced by IZ-KARTEX. The share of EKG-10 in the total number of excavators produced in 2000-2011 is 80%. 
	 
	Production of EKG-10 was launched in 1984. The first excavator of this kind was ...
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    	<title>MMK appoints Deputy CEO on Finance and Econimics</title>
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														<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:50:24 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			According to the Order of MMK CEO Boris Dubrovsky, Alexander Andrianov was appointed Deputy CEO on Finance and Economics (CFO). 
	 
	Andrianov, born 1966, is a graduate of Leningrad State Technical University (1992) and Moscow State Academy of Management (1995). In 2003 he got a diploma from Newcastle Business School. 
	 
	Adrianov&amp;rsquo;s career growth is solely connected with the ...
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    	<title>Mechel reports 2011 operational results</title>
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														<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:13:25 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			Production and sales for 2011   
 
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									 201  1, thousand tonnes  
							 
							 
								 
									 2010, thousand tonnes  
							 
							 
								 
									  201  1 vs 20  10, %  
							 
						 
						 
							 
								 
									 Coal ...
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    	<title>Izhora Pipe Mill produces record 500 thousand tones of large-diameter pipes for oil and gas projects in 2011</title>
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														<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:09:26 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			OAO Severstal (&amp;lsquo;Severstal&amp;rsquo; or the &amp;lsquo;Company&amp;rsquo;), one of the world&amp;rsquo;s leading vertically integrated steel and steel related mining companies, announces that its pipe production unit, the Izhora Pipe Mill (IPM), which specializes in the manufacture of large diameter pipes from strips produced by the Cherepovets Steel Mill, part of the Severstal ...
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    	<title>NLMK’s Long Steel Division re-launches Electric Arc Furnace N1 </title>
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														<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:03:59 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			NLMK reports that NSMMZ, its Urals based Long Steel Division steelmaking facility has successfully re-launched the second 1.1 mtpy Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) at its Revda steelmaking facility, following repairs to a transformer at the plant since mid 2011. 
	The equipment has passed all required high voltage tests. 
	Repairs, worth a total of RUR22 million, were undertaken by a local ...
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    	<title>OMK became the only Russian company to confirm readiness to supply big diameter pipes for South Stream Project</title>
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														<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:01:00 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			Recently OMK has been certified in accordance to DNV standards for this new international project. The certificate of conformity was issued based on results of tests on an experimental batch of pipes. The range of pipes: 813õ39.0mm, SAWL 450SD, 813õ37.4mm SAWL 485 SD according to DNV-OS-F101. 
	 
	OMK became the first Russian pipe producer to be certified according to DNV for production of ...
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    	<title>Arinoy continues developing stainless tubes production</title>
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														<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:04:10 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			Arinoy Group continues developing welded stainless tubes production facilities. In his interview to Metal Supply &amp; Sales, M. Khoruzhy, Sales Director said that the sixth mill for the production of tubes of 6-22mm in dia. and wall thickness 0,4-2 mm and a hollow sections polishing line had been launched in 2H 2011 while set up and launch of 2 new mills with simultaneous launch of 2 round ...
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    	<title>Expert RA rating agency gives OMZ the A level “high level of credit status”</title>
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														<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:18:09 +0400</pubDate>
				
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			Expert RA rating agency confirmed credit status of ÎÀÎ OMZ at Level A (high level of credit status). 
	 
	Among the factors that had a positive effect on the rating, agency analysts attributed the growth of OMZ capital 46% during the period from December 31, 2008 to June 30, 2011, and the growth of net assets and a positive net working capital of the company. &amp;ldquo;It should be noted ...
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