OREANDA-NEWS. February 08, 2010. Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, part of Metinvest Group, in January 2010 produced: cast iron  - 411.4 thous.t, and steel  - 486.8 thous.t.

Production of rolled products in January comprised 458.8 thous.t. In January 2010 the enterprise produced 168.5 thous.t of bulk coke with 6% of moisture.

Azovstal's key performance indicators

Product

January 2010 thous.t

December 2009 thous.t

January 2010 vs. December 2009, thous.t

January 2010 vs. December 2009, %

Cast iron

411,4

410,5

+0,9

+0,2

Steel (smelting)

486,8

468,1

+18,7

+4,0

Rolled product

458,8

425,6

+33,2

+7,8

Bulk coke 6% moisture

168,5

185,8

-17,3

-9,3

Product

January 2010 thous.t

January 2009 thous.t

January 2010 vs. January 2009, thous.t

January 2010 vs. January 2009, %

Cast iron

411,4

207,7

+203,7

+98,1

Steel (smelting)

486,8

240,0

+246,8

+102,8

Rolled product

458,8

221,0

+237,8

+107,6

Bulk coke 6% moisture

168,5

145,3

+23,2

+16,0

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.