OREANDA-NEWS. January 22, 2010.

Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, part of Metinvest Group, in December 2009 produced: cast iron - 409.1 thous.t, and steel - 466.7 thous.t.

Production of rolled products in December comprised 426.1 thous. t. In December 2009 the enterprise produced 185.7 thous.t of bulk coke with 6% of moisture.

Azovstal's key performance indicators

Product

December 2009 thous.t

November 2009 thous.t

December 2009 vs. November 2009, thous.t

December 2009 vs. November 2009, %

Cast iron

409,1

397,9

+11,2

+2,8

Steel (smelting)

466,7

456,2

+10,5

+2,3

Rolled product

426,1

426,9

-0,8

-0,2

Bulk coke 6% moisture

185,7

179,3

+6,4

+3,6

 

Product

January-December 2009 thous.t

January-December 2008 thous.t

January-December 2009 vs. January-December 2008, thous.t

January-December 2009 vs.January-December2008, %

Cast iron

4016,3

4610,7

-594,4

-12,9

Steel (smelting)

4642,7

5509,9

-867,2

-15,7

Rolled product

4288,4

5058,0

-769,6

-15,2

Bulk coke 6% moisture

2023,8

2187,7

-163,9

-7,5

JSC Azovstal Iron & Steel Works is a modern high-tech enterprise manufacturing a broad range of metal products: slab, long and shaped rolled products, rails, rail fastening, square billets, heavy plate, and slag products.

Production capacity of the Mill is over 5.5 mln. t of cast iron, over 6.4 mln. t of steel, including  4.4 mln. t of converter steel, and over 4.4  mln. t of rolled products. Design capacity of rail fastenings production is 285 thous. tpa, grinding balls -  170 thous. tpa.