The board of directors of the Russian integrated steel producer Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has recommended paying 1.488 rubles per share in dividends for January-March, in line with the managers’ proposals, the company said in a statement. The total sum will amount to $260 million, or 100% of the company’s free cash flow.…
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) invested over 58 billion rubles in environmental activities in 2000-2018, including 9 billion rubles in the last year alone, according to the company’s environmental report, published on its official website. The report was prepared in order to inform all stakeholders about the company’s efforts in the field of environmental…
In January-March, MMK decreased steel output by 1.3% YoY and by 0.2% QoQ, to 3.107 million tons. Pig iron manufacture decreased by 0.3% YoY and by 6.3% QoQ, to 2.396 million tons. Sales dropped to 2.782 million tons, by 5.2% QoQ and by 1.6% YoY. High added value products sales in Q1 remained almost on…
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has commissioned sinter machine No. 1, which has produced the first sinter for the blast furnace shop, at the construction site of sinter plant No. 5. The launch was attended by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of MMK Victor Rashnikov and General Director Pavel Shilyaev. “The construction…
PJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has shipped the first batch of rolled products with new consumer properties. Improved quality characteristics of hot-rolled sheet metal are obtained through the use of a unique technology, which cleans scale from the surface of the sheet. The emergence of new steel products with unique quality properties was…
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) is taking part in the international industrial exhibition Vietnam Expo 2019 in Hanoi. As one of the fastest growing economies in South-East Asia, Vietnam is one of MMK’s key markets. In 2018, MMK’s metal product shipments to Vietnam doubled compared to 2017, amounting to 540,000 tons and making MMK…
On April 8, the rating agency Fitch Ratings upgraded company’s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating to BBB from BBB- with Stable Outlook. In its press release Fitch Ratings notes that the rating upgrade reflects MMK’s ability to maintain a conservative financial profile during market turbulence due to the company’s low cost of operations, focus on high-value…
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has been awarded several medals and certificates at the 22nd Archimedes Moscow International Salon of Inventions and Innovative Technologies. The panel of experts and international jury at the 2019 Archimedes Salon awarded both MMK and the Central Research Institute of Structural Materials (CRISM) Prometey with a certificate and gold…