PJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works Board of Directors held a meeting on March 1. The Board approved May 31 as the date for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) of the company. The cut-off date for inclusion in the shareholder register for the AGM is May 6 at the close of trading on…
In 2018, the total financial benefit of the introduction of innovation suggestions at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) amounted to 453.6 million rubles. Last year, MMK’s expert commission considered 5,792 proposals, of which 3,872 (66.8%) were selected as innovative ideas to be implemented. Traditionally, most of the ideas submitted addressed the issues of…
The meeting of the coordinating council of Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) and TMK was held in Magnitogorsk. The representatives of both companies reviewed their joint work in 2018 and discussed future collaboration. According to the results of 2018, 504,600 tons of MMK’s flat steel products were shipped to TMK’s pipe mill. This represents…
In 2018, MMK Group’s financial contributions to charitable causes and new social programs increased by 11% YoY, reaching nearly 2.5 billion rubles. MMK allocated over 1.6 billion rubles to charitable and social projects. A key aspect of MMK’s and the group subsidiaries’ social programs is the encouragement of social activities aimed at improving the health…
The new air-separation machine in the MMK oxygen shop has produced 100 million cubic meters of technical gases, including oxygen, nitrogen and argon. The machine costing 4.2 billion rubles was assembled at the oxygen station No. 5 site in July 2018. The machine generates 35 thousand cubic meters of gaseous oxygen, 30 thousand cubic meters…
Magnitogorsk hosted a meeting of the MMK and TMK coordination council. The parties have discussed the results of the operation in 2018 and plans of further cooperation. In 2018 TMK pipe enterprises received 504.6 thousand tons of MMK flat rolled metal, up by 10% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
On February 12, Moody’s rating agency upgraded MMK’s Issuer Rating to Baa2 from Baa3 with Stable Outlook. This action followed a sovereign rating action on the government of Russia, which took place on February 8, when Moody’s upgraded Russia’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured debt ratings to Baa3 from Ba1 and changed the outlook on…
PJSC Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works announced that on February 8 the company’s Board of Directors recommended that the Annual General Meeting of shareholders approve a dividend of 1.398 rubles (before taxes) per share for the fourth quarter of 2018 on MMK’s issued ordinary registered shares. The dividend will represent the total of approximately $239…