EVRAZ crude steel output increased by 5.9% in Q3

2017-10-18

Oct. 18, 2017 - In Q3 2017, the total crude steel output increased by 5.9% quarter-on-quarter to 3.5 million tones, primarily following the completion of capital repairs at EVRAZ DMZ’s oxygen-converter plant and the ramp-up of EVRAZ Regina after the planned outage in Q2 2017.

Production of steel products, net of re-rolled volumes, increased by 4.4% quarter-on-quarter to 3.1 million tonnes as a result of increased output of semi-finished products due to the completion of planned capital repairs at EVRAZ ZSMK and EVRAZ DMZ.

Production of construction products increased by 6.0% quarter-on-quarter following a seasonal upturn in demand.

Production of railway products was down 9.8% due to planned capital repairs at Russian facilities and planned downtime for maintenance in North America.

Output of flat products decreased by 9.3% quarter-on-quarter, mostly following a planned maintenance outage in North America.

In North America, output of tubular products, including large-diameter pipes (LDP), oil country tubular goods (OCTG) and small-diameter line pipes, increased as a result of higher steel availability after a planned outage at EVRAZ Regina and strong demand recovery in OCTG.