Mechel Reports 1H2017 Operational Results
August 23 2017 - 6:00AM
Mechel PAO (MOEX:MTLR) (NYSE:MTL)
, one of
the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces 1H2017
operational results.
Production and sales for
1Q2017
Production:
Product
Name |
1H2017,thousandtonnes |
1H2016,thousandtonnes |
% |
2Q2017,thousandtonnes |
1Q2017,thousandtonnes |
% |
Run-of-mine
coal |
10,331 |
11,528 |
-10 |
5,257 |
5,074 |
+4 |
|
Pig
iron |
2,038 |
2,044 |
0 |
991 |
1,046 |
-5 |
|
Steel |
2,217 |
2,108 |
+5 |
1,096 |
1,121 |
-2 |
Sales:
Product
Name |
1H2017,thousandtonnes |
1H2016,thousandtonnes |
% |
2Q2017,thousandtonnes |
1Q2017,thousandtonnes |
% |
Coking coal
concentrate |
4,072 |
4,470 |
-9 |
2,076 |
1,996 |
+4 |
|
Including coking coal
concentrate supplied to third parties |
2,470 |
2,910 |
-15 |
1,256 |
1,214 |
+3 |
|
PCI |
682 |
934 |
-27 |
341 |
341 |
0 |
|
Including PCI supplied
to third parties |
682 |
934 |
-27 |
341 |
341 |
0 |
|
Anthracites |
810 |
908 |
-11 |
362 |
448 |
-19 |
|
Including anthracites
supplied to third parties |
695 |
775 |
-10 |
309 |
385 |
-20 |
|
Steam
coal |
3,165 |
3,575 |
-11 |
1,576 |
1,589 |
-1 |
|
Including steam coal
supplied to third parties |
2,812 |
3,031 |
-7 |
1,453 |
1,360 |
+7 |
|
Iron ore
concentrate |
1,400 |
1,342 |
+4 |
749 |
652 |
+15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Including iron ore
concentrate supplied to third parties |
12 |
8 |
+44 |
8 |
4 |
+119 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Coke |
1,382 |
1,446 |
-5 |
660 |
722 |
-9 |
|
Including coke supplied
to third parties |
414 |
484 |
-14 |
178 |
235 |
-24 |
|
Ferrosilicon |
30 |
40 |
-24 |
17 |
14 |
+22 |
|
Long
rolls |
1,466 |
1,500 |
-2 |
761 |
705 |
+8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Flat
rolls |
304 |
254 |
+20 |
151 |
153 |
-1 |
|
Hardware |
332 |
331 |
0 |
178 |
154 |
+16 |
|
Forgings |
27 |
19 |
+40 |
12 |
14 |
-13 |
|
Stampings |
47 |
37 |
+27 |
23 |
24 |
-7 |
|
Electric power
generation (thousand kWh) |
1,678,382 |
1,714,766 |
-2 |
746,466 |
931,916 |
-20 |
|
Heat power
generation (Gcal) |
3,091,129 |
3,105,575 |
0 |
1,003,762 |
2,087,367 |
-52 |
Key investment projects progress
Universal rolling mill:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1H2017,thousandtonnes |
1H2016,thousandtonnes |
% |
2Q2017,thousandtonnes |
1Q2017,thousandtonnes |
% |
Rails, beams
and shapes |
313 |
213 |
+47 |
156 |
157 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elga coal
complex:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1H2017,thousandtonnes |
1H2016,thousandtonnes |
% |
2Q2017,thousandtonnes |
1Q2017,thousandtonnes |
% |
Run-of-mine
coal |
1,934 |
2,011 |
-4 |
1,097 |
837 |
+31 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mechel PAO’s Chief Executive Officer
Oleg Korzhov commented on the 1H2017
operational results:
“Early in the second quarter, correction in the
coking coal market which we observed since last December changed to
a dramatic price hike as the powerful storm Debbie hit Australia’s
key coal producing state of Queensland. We made every effort to
take maximum advantage of this beneficial situation and to boost
coking coal exports to Asia Pacific. In 2Q2017, the volume of our
coking coal concentrate exports went up by over 20%
quarter-on-quarter, and that included nearly quadrupling our Elga
coal supplies. As a result, our sales of coking coal concentrate,
which is our key product, to third parties went up by 3%.
“PCI sales remained at the last quarter’s level
due to stable demand.
“The 19-percent decrease in anthracite sales was
due to a decrease in export orders, primarily from Europe, and
several shipments to South-East Asia being shifted from the second
to the third quarter.
“Steam coal sales mostly remained on the same
level. We have, however, increased shipments to our clients in
China, South Korea and Vietnam, with our supplies to these
countries totaling some 900,000 tonnes of steam coal in 2Q2017.
“As a whole, the export share in our sales
structure for all kinds of coal sold to third parties amounted to
83% in 2Q2017.
“As for iron ore concentrate, the Group’s
priority still lies with uninterrupted supply of Chelyabinsk
Metallurgical Plant.
“In 2Q2017, Mechel decreased coke sales by 9%
due to an unstable market situation.
“The company’s steel division decreased
production of pig iron by 5% and steel by 2% quarter-on-quarter due
to major planned repairs in Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant’s
agglomeration and blast furnace facilities.
“We continue to implement our strategy aimed at
increasing the share of high-margin steel products in our sales
structure. In 2Q2017 sales of all types of long rolls went up by
8%. This increase was partly due to the increase in production at
Izhstal and mastering of new bar profile types at Chelyabinsk
Metallurgical Plant’s universal rolling mill. Two our rail profiles
were certified as compliant with European TSI standard, which
enables us to expand our sales geography. As of today, the
universal rolling mill has reached a monthly load equal to 80% of
the mill’s maximum capacity.
“In this accounting period, due to a traditional
seasonal hike in demand for rebar from construction companies, we
managed to increase sales of this product by 14%. The seasonal
factor also had its impact on the 16-percent increase in hardware
sales.
“Sales of Bratsk Ferroalloy Plant’s ferrosilicon
went up by 22% in this accounting period, mostly due to an increase
in the group’s internal demand.
“The 7-percent decrease in stampings sales in
2Q2017 was due to our fulfilling several contracts ahead of
schedule, in 1Q2017. The 13-percent decrease in forgings sales was
due to repairs at Urals Stampings Plant’s Chelyabinsk facility.
“The 20-percent decrease in electricity
generation was due to planned equipment repairs at Southern Kuzbass
Power Plant. The 52-percent decrease in heat generation was due to
the fact that the heating season ended in May and thus the heat
load went down significantly.”
Mechel is an international mining and steel
company. Its products are marketed in Europe, Asia, North and South
America, Africa. Mechel unites producers of coal, iron ore
concentrate, steel, rolled products, ferroalloys, heat and electric
power. All of its enterprises work in a single production chain,
from raw materials to high value-added products.
Some of the information in this press release
may contain projections or other forward-looking statements
regarding future events or the future financial performance of
Mechel, as defined in the safe harbor provisions of the U.S.
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We wish to
caution you that these statements are only predictions and that
actual events or results may differ materially. We do not intend to
update these statements. We refer you to the documents Mechel files
from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
including our Form 20-F. These documents contain and identify
important factors, including those contained in the section
captioned “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements” in our Form 20-F, that could cause the
actual results to differ materially from those contained in our
projections or forward-looking statements, including, among others,
the achievement of anticipated levels of profitability, growth,
cost and synergy of our recent acquisitions, the impact of
competitive pricing, the ability to obtain necessary regulatory
approvals and licenses, the impact of developments in the Russian
economic, political and legal environment, volatility in stock
markets or in the price of our shares or ADRs, financial risk
management and the impact of general business and global economic
conditions.
Mechel PAO
Ekaterina Videman
Tel: + 7 495 221 88 88
ekaterina.videman@mechel.com
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