OREANDA-NEWS. November 3, 2010. Production performance of steel and rolled products division of Metinvest in October, 2010.

Table 1

Production

October 2010, thousand tons

September 2010, thousand tons

October 2010  vs. september 2010, thousand tons

October 2010  vs. september 2010, %

Pig iron (Azovstal, Yenakiieve Steel) (**)

561.57

603.56

-41.99

-7.0

Crude steel (Azovstal, Yenakiieve Steel) (*, **)

647.37

706.03

-58.66

-8.3

Semis and finished (Yenakiieve Steel, Azovstal) (*, **)

639.48

657.28

-17.81

-2.7

Large diameter pipes (Khartsyzsk Pipe) (***)

28.88

38.5

-9.62

-25.0

Table 2

Production

January-october 2010, thousand tons

January-october 2009, thousand tons

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

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

Pig iron (Azovstal, Yenakiieve Steel)

5,884.07

4,944.45

939.6

+19.0

Crude steel (Azovstal, Yenakiieve Steel)

6,793.72

5,682.37

1,111.4

+19.6

Semis and finished (Yenakiieve Steel, Azovstal)

6,411.98

5,291.32

1,120.7

+21.2

Large diameter pipes (Khartsyzsk Pipe)

211.48

483.23

-271.7

-56.2

Comments: 
*) Azovstal. The decrease inthe amount of crude steel produced in October 2010 has been due to off-schedule repairing works on the open-hearth furnace No.8.

**) Yenakiieve Steel. The decrease inthe amount of crude steel produced in October 2010 has been due to a number of planned overhauls performed in October on the major metallurgical units (BF NNo.1, 4, 5; BOF No. 1, CCM Bo. 1 and 2). 

***) Khartsyzsk Pipe. The reduced average weight of the LD pipes manufactured resulted in the decreased total tonnage:  

in September 2010 the pipes were produced of 1067 mm and 1220 mm in diameter. The amount of pipes manufactured totaled 10,136 pieces;  

in October 2010 the pipes were produced of 530, 630, 720, 820, 1020 and 1220 mm in diameter.  The amount of pipes manufactured totaled 10,119.

Major indicators of Azovstal's performance. Table 3

Product

October 2010, thousand tons

September 2010, thousand tons

October 2010  vs. september 2010, thousand tons

October 2010  vs. september 2010, %

Pig Pig iron

420.87

418.64

+2.2

+0.5

Crude steel

484.94

491.63

-6.7

-1.4

Rolled products

482.84

452.28

+30.6

+6.8

Major indicators of Azovstal's performance. Table 4

Product

January-october 2010, thousand tons

January-october 2009, thousand tons

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

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

Pig iron

4,075.97

3,209.35

+866.6

+27.0

Crude steel

4,704.12

3,719.77

+984.4

+26.5

Rolled products

4,405.58

3,435.42

+970.2

+28.2

Yenakiieve Steel major performance indicators. Table 5

Product

October 2010, thousand tons

September 2010, thousand tons

October 2010  vs. september 2010, thousand tons

October 2010  vs. september 2010, %

Hot metal

140.70

184.92

-44.2

-23.9

Steel (smelting)

162.43

214.40

-52.0

-24.2

Rolled products

156.64

205.00

-48.4

-23.6

Yenakiieve Steel major performance indicators. Table 6

Product

January-october 2010, thousand tons

January-october 2009, thousand tons

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

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

Hot metal

1,808.10

1,735.10

+73.0

+4.2

Steel (smelting)

2,089.60

1,962.60

+127.0

+6.5

Rolled products

2,006.40

1,855.90

+150.5

+8.1

Key performance indicators of Khartsyzsk Pipe Plant. Table 7

Product

October 2010, tons

September 2010, tons

October 2010 vs. september 2010, tons

October 2010 vs. september 2010, %

Large diameter pipes

28.88

38.50

-9.6

-25.0

Key performance indicators of Khartsyzsk Pipe Plant. Table 8

Product

January-october 2010, tons

January-october 2009, tons

January-october 2010 vs. january-october 2009, tons

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

Large diameter pipes

211.48

483.23

-271.7

-56.2

JSC Azovstal Pig 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 Pig 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.

Yenakiieve Steel is one of the world leaders in the field of merchant billet production. The company is comprised of JSC Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works and Metalen, LLC Ukrainian-Switzerland Joint Venture, which operate at the same production site and have the same production cycle. The Company manufactures cast billet, bars, as well as various long products (beams, channels, angle bars, etc). Yenakiieve Steel is part of the Metinvest Group Steel and Rolled Products Division.

PJSC Khartsyzsk Pipe Plantis the largest enterprise in CIS manufacturing large diameter longitudinal seam SAW pipes (508-1422 mm in diameter) with corrosion-resistant exterior and interior or flow coating for oil and gas pipelines, Plant facilities allow to manufacture more than 1,3 mln, t of pipes per year including 665 thou t of coated pipes.