OREANDA-NEWS. September 9, 2010. Production performance of Metinvest in august 2010.

Table 1

Production

August 2010, thousand tons

July 2010, thousand tons

August 2010  vs. july 2010, thousand tons

August 2010  vs. july 2010, %

Gross coke, 6% humidity, (Avddivka Coke+Azovstal)

483.391

446.559

+36.832

+8.2

incl. BF coke, dry (Avdiivka Coke+Azovstal)

415.272

381.827

+33.445

+8.8

Table 2

Production

January-august 2010, thousand tons

January-august 2009, thousand tons

January-august 2010  vs. january-august 2009, thousand tons

January-august 2010  vs. january-august 2009, %

Gross coke, 6% humidity, incl. (Avdiivka Coke+Azovstal)

3,567.234

3,055.98

+511.254

+16.7

incl. BF coke, dry (Avdiivka Coke+Azovstal)

3,038.276

2,603.369

+434.907

+16.7

Avdiivka Coke major performance indicators. Table 3

Product

August 2010, thousand tons

July 2010, thousand tons

August 2010  vs. july 2010, thousand tons

August 2010  vs. july 2010, %

Gross coke, 6% humidity, incl.

297.838

261.941

+35.897

+13.7

incl. BF coke, dry

255.872

223.770

+32.102

+14.3

Avdiivka Coke major performance indicators. Table 4

Product

January-august 2010, thousand tons

January-august 2009, thousand tons

January-august 2010  vs. january-august 2009, thousand tons

January-august 2010  vs. january-august 2009, %

Gross coke, 6% humidity, incl.

2,152.825

1,761.940

+390.885

+22.2

incl. BF coke, dry

1,825.427

1,490.942

+334.485

+22.4

Major indicators of Azovstal's performance in august 2010. Table 5

Product

August 2010, thousand tons

July 2010, thousand tons

August 2010  vs. july 2010, thousand tons

August 2010  vs. july 2010, %

Gross coke, 6% humidity, incl.

185.553

184.618

+0.935

+0.5

incl. BF coke, dry

159.4

158.057

+1.343

+0.8

Major indicators of Azovstal's performance in august 2010. Table 6

Product

January-august 2010, thousand tons

January-august 2009, thousand tons

January-august 2010  vs. january-august 2009, thousand tons

January-august 2010  vs. january-august 2009, %

Gross coke, 6% humidity, incl.

1,414.409

1,294.04

+120.369

+9.3

incl. BF coke, dry

1,212.849

1,112.427

+100.422

+9.0

JSC Avdiivka Coke Plant (Avdiivka Coke) is the largest and most high-tech coking and chemicals enterprise in Europe. The Enterprise produces around 30 types of products, with metallurgical coke as the core product. Avdiivka Coke is part of the Coal and Coke Division of Metinvest Group.

Metinvest is an international vertically integrated mining and metallurgical group of companies, Production facilities of Metinvest Group enterprises allow both to satisfy own demand for raw materials, liquid steel and semi-finished products and to be key supplier for major Ukrainian and European companies as well as Asian companies, The shareholders of Metinvest Group are SCM Group (75%) and Smart Holding (25%) that take part in management of Metinvest Group on partnership basis.