Russia: MMK net profit up in H1 2018

In January-June MMK net profit increased by 24.7% YoY, to $671 million. Revenue grew by 16%, to $4.16 billion. EBITDA went up by 33.4%, to $1.21 billion. The group debts as of late June totaled $521 million. “The high financial results allowed the Board of directors to recommend paying $281 million of dividends for Q2”,…

Russia: MMK decreases steel demand forecast

MMK has decreased the forecast of demand for its products this year almost 2-fold because of the tax reform. While seeking money for pre-election promises of president Vladimir Putin, Russian authorities suggested increasing the base rate of added value tax by 2%. “Last year steel consumption in Russia grew by 6.5%. This year we estimate…

Russia: MMK results for Q2 2018

In April-June MMK sold 2.848 million tons of metal, up by 0.7% QoQ, including 1.381 million tons of high added value products, up by 2.7%. In 6 months MMK sold 5.675 million tons of metal, including 2.726 million tons with high added value, up by 2.1% and by 7.3% YoY respectively. In particular, sales of…

Russia: MMK launches new sludge enrichment plant

A new plant for the enrichment of sludge at sludge depository No. 2 has been launched at PJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works’ (MMK) ore-dressing workshop. This will allow the company to increase the share of its own iron ore materials in sinter production’s burden, but also to significantly decrease its industrial impact on the…

Russia: MMK repairs BF1

MMK has finished the reconstruction of the blast furnace No. 1, commissioned in 1932. The cost of the project, carried out in less than 6 months, totaled 5.4 billion rubles, including 2.35 billion rubles worth of machinery and the rest being construction and repair works. The reconstruction of the BF1 and the construction of the…