In January-September Metinvest increased EBITDA by 47% YoY, to $2.01 billion. The increase is due to the growth of metal segment profitability by $749 million. Mining EBITDA dropped by $146 million, while corporative expenses decreased by $39 million. The share of the metal segment in EBITDA reached 54% (26% in 9 months of 2017), and…
In January-September Metinvest doubled its capital investments YoY, to $620 million. Scheduled repairs accounted for 61% of investments (89% in 9 months of 2017). Metal division received 63% of investments and mining – 36%, with corporate expenses at 1%. Last year they were 43%, 55% and 2% respectively. The main investment projects at Mariupol Ilyich…
In case there are delays when passing the Kerch Strait, the Metinvest will reroute its logistics to the Black Sea ports. “Of course, the payment for railroad transportation will result in additional expenses, but Metinvest will save on increased cargo volume”, the company said. On November 26 and 27 two vessels carrying Metinvest cargo to…
Metal companies of Metinvest are operating in usual mode and will not adjust their manufacturing plans. “We don’t see any reason to adjust our short- or mid-term business plans”, the group said. The ships have once again started passing the Kerch Strait. In case there are problems there, the logistics routes will be “switched to…
In spite of the Russian aggression, Ukrainian metal and machine-building companies try to be present on the Russian market and strengthen their ties with traditional clients. This year Metal-Expo-2018 to be hosted in Moscow on November 13-16 will welcome 12 Ukrainian participants, including major and well know in Russia metal companies. Metinvest will traditionally participate…
In August Metinvest decreased its EBITDA by 12.45% YoY, to $204 million. The revenue dropped by 17.65%, to $891 million. The group sold 349 thousand tons of semi-finished products at $164 million: 198 thousand tons of pig iron ($83 million), 108 thousand tons of slabs ($58 million) and 43 thousand tons of square billets ($23…
In January-September Metinvest kept the iron ore concentrate output unchanged YoY, at 20.54 million tons. Pellets manufacture increased by 32%, to 5.754 million tons, while saleable concentrate output dropped by 18%, to 5.671 million tons. In Q3 the manufacture of iron ore concentrate decreased by 7% QoQ, to 6.554 million tons because of the drop…
In January-September Metinvest increased steel output by 3% YoY, to 5.597 million tons. Steel manufacture in Q3 dropped by 8% QoQ, to 1.803 million tons, mostly because of the decrease at Azovstal by 171 thousand tons due to the shut down of converters Nos. 1 and 2 for scheduled repairs, which lasted for 7 and…
Metinvest has joined the Association of Industrial Automation Enterprises of Ukraine. This will provide the company with the additional ways to cooperate in the automated management of manufacturing processes and IT with other participants. The group plans to implement innovations at its enterprises and support the national Industry 4.0 programs and initiatives. The center of…
Metinvest has created a new enterprise – Metinvest Digital LLC. The company will be responsible for all the IT-related tasks for the Metinvest group. It is also planned to create expertise on new digital solutions and improve project starts. Sergey Detyuk has been appointed the CEO of the new company. All the staff of the…
Metinvest provides jobs to 64.786 people, or 34% of all the employees of the metal industry. ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih is on the second place, followed by Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine, which officially belongs to ISD, but is in fact controlled by Metinvest. The average salary at Metinvest is 14,535 UAH, up by 59% from…
In July Metinvest increased its EBITDA by 0.9% MoM, to $233 million.
Revenue dropped by 1.3%, to $1.082 billion.
In 2017 Metinvest EBITDA grew 1.77-fold YoY, to $2.044 billion, while revenue went up by 43.5%, to $8.931 billion. (Ukrainian metal)
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works and Azovstal of Metinvest Group have been increasing their expenses on environmental projects for several years. In 2018 the green investments have grown 5.6-fold, to UAH 600 million. Financing increases progressively as the group switches from designing to constructing gas treatment facilities. In particular, investments in construction, upgrade and…
Metinvest has been prolonged the rent of the Phenol State Works in the city of Toretsk, Donetsk region.
The previous agreement was concluded on September 25, 2001 and was valid through September 25, 2018.
The premises of the works are rented by Inkor and Co, LLC, a part of Metinvest. (Ukrainian metal)
From October 1 Metinvest is increasing wages of its employees on average by 10%. According to the group press service, the experienced repairmen and technical engineers will see their salary grow by 15%. The wages of master workers and ordinary workers will increase by 10%, and of administration personnel – by 7%. This year Metinvest…
In January-June Metinvest B.V. increased investments 2.2-fold YoY, to $420 million. Metal segment accounted for 64% of investments (37% in H1 2017), mining – 35% (61%) and corporate expenses – 1% (2%). In particular, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works received $122 million ($35 million), Azovstal – $76 million ($20 million), SevGOK – $51 million…
Metinvest, the vertically integrated steel and mining group of companies, has secured additional long-term supply of high-grade coking coal by investing in production cooperation and acquiring up to 24.99% of some coking coal assets in Ukraine. This is in line with the group’s strategic priority of improving its self-sufficiency in coking coal to strengthen its…
Metinvest deal to buy 24.99% of Pokrovskoye Mine Group is one of the largest on the Ukrainian market in the past years. Metinvest paid $190 million for the stake. According to Eavex Capital, the whole company is estimated at $0.9-1.1 billion, thus the stake has been purchased at a market price. The mine group belonged…
Panyutino Wagon-Repair Works, a subsidiary of Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) has ordered Metinvest-SMC LLC the delivery of metal valued at 55.88 million UAH. This year the company will supply 2520 semi-finished axles manufactured by Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine at 22176 UAH apiece. The price of the contract is 0.1% below the expected cost of the…
Metinvest has indirectly become a shareholder in the Pokrovskoye Mine Group, the largest coking coal manufacturer in Ukraine.
Since Q2 2017, 57.29% of Pokrovskoye have been transferred from Donetskstal to Industrial Coal Holding LLC (ICH).
At present Metinvest B. V. holds 24.99% in ICH. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June Metinvest increased steel output by 4% YoY, to 3.79 million tons. In particular, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works increased output by 8%, to 1.613 million tons and Azovstal – by 1%, to 2.181 million tons. Pig iron manufacture grew by 14%, to 4.292 million tons, with Mariupol Ilyich output up by 23%,…
Metinvest has attracted a loan of 43.2 million euros for 7 years to finance the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. The loan is covered by the Austrian export guarantee issued by Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG. The money will be spent to finance the construction of the continuous casting machine No. 4 at Mariupol Ilyich by…
Metinvest, the vertically integrated group of steel and mining companies, has settled another part of its pre-export finance (PXF) facility ahead of schedule. This underscores the group’s pledge to lower debt further following the conclusion of the debt refinancing in April, the largest transaction by a Ukrainian corporate to date. In it, Metinvest refinanced $2,271…
In April Metinvest increased EBITDA by 2.7% MoM, or by $6 million, to $231 million, having decreased the revenue by 2.7%, or by $30 million, to $1.066 billion. According to the group statement, as of April 30 its combined debt was $3.206 billion. In April Metinvest produced 487 thousand tons of semi-finished products valued at…
Metinvest has won the golden medal of the SAP Quality Awards 2018 for the best innovation project in Central and Eastern Europe. Metinvest participated in the competition for the first time. The group project “Coal-coke-pig iron” was nominated in the innovation category. The group specialists have developed and implemented the system to plan the through…
Metinvest, the vertically integrated group of steel and mining companies, is pleased to note the inclusion of two of its bond issues in the JPMorgan Corporate Emerging Markets Bond Index series (CEMBI), a global benchmark tracking US-dollar denominated debt issued by emerging market corporations. The bonds were issued on April 23 following the successful completion…