OREANDA-NEWS. Metalloinvest (“the Company”), a leading global iron ore and HBI producer, today publishes its IFRS interim management statement for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Revenue USD 1,945 mn (-13.1% y-o-y)

EBITDA USD 579 mn (-26.7%)

EBITDA margin 29.8% vs. 35.3% in Q1 2012

Net Income USD 275 mn (-27.2%)

Net Debt USD 5,949 mn (-0.9% comparing to the end of 2012)

Net Debt / EBITDA LTM 2.54x vs. 2.35x at the end of 2012

Capital Expenditure USD 88 mn (-22.8%)

Total Assets USD 10,024 mn (-3.2% comparing to the end of 2012)

PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS

Iron ore 9.5 mn tonnes (-3.5%)

Pellets 5.6 mn tonnes (-2.7%)

HBI/DRI 1.4 mn tonnes (+0.4%)

Hot metal 0.5 mn tonnes (-7.8%)

Crude steel 1.3 mn tonnes (-9.8%)

CORPORATE HIGHLIGHTS

Operational Developments

Ongoing construction of Pellet Plant #3 at MGOK

Final stages of construction of coke-oven battery #6 at Ural Steel

Finance & Corporate Governance

Issue of RUB 10 bn (c. USD 330 mn) 8.9% RUB-denominated unsecured corporate bonds maturing in 2023 with an early redemption option in 2018

Review of the Board of Directors and the composition of its committees

Social Responsibility and Public Relations

Signing of Social Partnership Programmes for 2013 with the authorities of Kursk region and the town of Zheleznogorsk

Pavel Mitrofanov, Deputy CEO - Chief Financial Officer of Metalloinvest Management Company, commented: “This is the first time we have published the Company's interim results on a quarterly basis. From now on we are going to disclose our key financials and corporate developments every quarter. Although we are a private company, we appreciate the importance of openness and transparency to the investor community and thus continue to enhance our investor relations practices. The Company's results for the first quarter were significantly better than we had expected at the end of 2012.”