AZOVSTAL ADR : "AZOVSTAL IRON & STEEL WORKS" is certified according to the international energy management system standard

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PJSC «AZOVSTAL IRON & STEEL WORKS» is a modern high-technologyenterprise manufacturing wide range of steel products: slabs,bars,shapes,railway rails,rail fasteners,square billets,plates and products of metallurgical slag.

The following performance indicators were achieved in 2011: iron - 4.8 mln. t,steel - 5.5 mln. t,rolled products - 5.3 mln. t,bulk coke (6% moisture) - 2.3 mln. t.

«AZOVSTAL IRON & STEEL WORKS» being a part of Metinvest Group makes the top three in the industrial rating of metallurgical enterprises in Ukraine. It is the only Ukrainian manufacturer of high-qualitysteel plates with thickness of 6-200 mm and width of 1500-3200 mm for shipbuilding,power engineering and special machine building,etc. «AZOVSTAL IRON & STEEL WORKS» is a leading enterprise in Ukraine - manufacturer of railway rails and rail fasteners.

At year-end2011,the enterprise ranked the first in the city contest «Mariupol Tower 2011» in the nomination «Discovery of the Year» with project «Mastering of BOF rail steel production». In the nomination «Socially Responsible Large and Mid-SizeBusiness Enterprise» «AZOVSTAL IRON & STEEL WORKS» received laureate diploma.

The enterprise successfully cooperates with educational establishments within the framework of project «School-University-Enterprise» investing in training and development of modern qualified young professionals for the enterprise needs.

Metinvest is a vertically integrated mining group of companies that manages assets in each segment of production chain,from extraction of iron ore raw materials and coal as well as coke production up to manufacture of steel semi-finishedand finished products,pipes and coils and also manufacture of other high-value-added products. The Group incorporates mining and metallurgical enterprises located in Ukraine,Europe and USA and has sales network covering all global key markets. The main shareholders of Metinvest Group are SCM Group (71.25%) and Smart Holding (23.75%) that manage the Company collaboratively.

«METINVEST HOLDING» LLC is the managing company of Metinvest Group.