Evraz, belonging to Roman Abramovich, Alexander Abramov and Alexander Frolov, could decrease the charter capital of Evraz Plc by $1.43 billion to pay dividends to the shareholders. The Evraz dividend policy adopted in March presupposes annual payments of not less than $300 million. But in 2017 the company paid $860 million, and both investors and…
The consolidated steel output of Evraz in January-March dropped by 5.5% QoQ, to 3.3 million tons, mostly because of the decrease in pig iron production. Coking coal manufacture increased by 6.7%, to 6 million tons, thanks to the completion of works at the Alardinskaya and Uskovskaya mines’ long faces. Steel sales fell by 5.7%, including…
Denis Novozhenov, who headed Evraz Ukraine, was appointed the director of the Ural division. “The division unites Nizhniy Tagil Iron and Steel Works and Kachkanarsky Mining and Processing Works. Novozhenov will continue developing Evraz assets in Sverdlovsk region according to the group strategy”, the company said. Novozhenov has been working at Evraz since 1996. This…
Alfa-bank has provided Evraz with the loan of $300 million. The loan has been given for 5 years, according to the bank statement. “The borrowed funds were used to clear existing debts”, the bank noted. The interest rate is not disclosed. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2017 Evraz received $759 million of net profit as opposed to $188 million of losses in 2016. According to the company statement, its consolidated EBITDA grew by 70.2% YoY, to $2.624 billion. Revenue increased by 40.4%, to $10.827 billion. “The board of directors, on the basis of strong financial conditions of the company and…
U.K.-based mining giant Evraz, which operates mainly in Russia, has signed a deal to sell a facility in Ukraine to group DCH for $106 million, the company said in a statement on March 1. The payments will be made in several tranches with the initial $25 million payment to be made five days after signing…
Evraz has won the VEB competition to manage Sibuglemet. According to the sources, the new management contract was concluded on “the same conditions” (Evraz has been managing the asset since 2015), but details were not disclosed. Sibuglemet capacity is 5 million tons of coking coal per year. Its reserves are estimated at 300 million tons.…
Evraz and the Russia Railways have concluded a new long-term agreement on the delivery of rails. The document will be valid for 5 years. According to the agreement, Evraz will supply 3.2 million tons of products valued at 111.7 billion rubles to RZhD. The contract stipulates the gradual increase of 100-meter rails deliveries to 360…