Interim Management Statement (3445D)
May 15 2012 - 1:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 3445D
Evraz Plc
15 May 2012
Interim Management Statement for the First Quarter Ended 31
March 2012
15 May 2012 - EVRAZ plc (LSE: EVR) ("EVRAZ" or the "Company")
today issued its first interim management statement for 2012 in
accordance with DTR 4.3. Compared to the previous interim
management statements issued by the Company, the format of this
statement has been aligned to meet the requirements of the DTR 4.3
and to reflect existing practices of equivalent premium listed
companies.Going forward EVRAZ plans to issue interim management
statements on or around 15 April and 15 October each year along the
operational results of the first and the third quarters
respectively.
Each year EVRAZ publishes consolidated financial statements
prepared in accordance with IFRS for the six months ended June 30
and for the year ended December 31.
Overview:
-- Total steel product sales for the first quarter of
2012amounted to 3.9 million tonnes, unchanged from Q1 2011.
-- Revenue for the first quarter of 2012 remained in line with
the same period in 2011 as prices and sales volumes were broadly
flat.
-- The Company's cost base increased due to the appreciation of
the Russian Rouble.
-- The Q1 2012 financial performance was broadly in line with
the Q4 2011 performance.
-- Total debt as of 31 March 2012 amounted to US$7,383 million
(US$ 7,245 million as of 31 December 2011), including current
portion of US$1,052 million (US$626 million as of 31 December
2011). The increase in total debt is mainly attributable to the
Russian Rouble appreciation in Q1 2012 which gave a US$228 million
effect.
-- Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period stood at
US$453 million (US$801 million as of 31 December 2011), mainly due
to an increase in working capital which is expected to be reversed
by the end of Q2 2012.
-- Capital expenditure amounted to US$310 million during the
first quarter of 2012. On the whole, major capex projects
(introduction of the PCI technology at the Russian steel mills,
reconstruction of the rail mill at EVRAZ ZSMK, greenfield
construction of two rolling mills in the CIS, development of the
Yerunakovskaya VIII coking coal mine) remain on schedule and within
budget.
-- The Company is in the process of carrying out the following
planned repairs and upgrades at certain assets that are expected to
impact production volumes in Q2 2012:
o Capital repairs at EVRAZ Russian steel mills' blast furnaces:
17 days to BF 5 at EVRAZ NTMK (annual production capacity of 2.4
million tonnes of pig iron) in April and 12 days of BF 3 to EVRAZ
ZSMK (2.2 mtpa) in June.
o Shutdown for the final stage of the upgrade of the EVRAZ ZSMK
rail mill that started in April and is expected to continue for
five months. The upgrade will increase the mill's rail production
capacity from 720,000 tonnes to 950,000 tonnes, including up to
450,000 tonnes of high speed 100-metre rails.
o Shutdown for the related upgrade of one of the two continuous
casters at EVRAZ ZSMK (its capacity is expected to increase from
725,000 tonnes to 1 million tonnes of billets per annum) and a
temporary shutdown of one of the two electric arc furnaces with an
annual steelmaking capacity of 860,000 tonnes.
-- In April 2012 Evraz Group S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of
EVRAZ plc, issued US$600 million five year notes at a coupon rate
of 7.40% per annum.
-- EVRAZ is due to release its interim results for the first six
months of 2012 on 30 August 2012.
-- EVRAZ will hold an Investor Day on 19 June 2012.
Financial Position:
EVRAZ has substantial financial headroom to support its
operations and investment plans.
There have been no exceptional material events or transactions
during the period and there have been no significant changes in the
financial position of the Company since the publication of the
Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2011.
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Note. The Q1 2012 production results as well as prices for major
product groups were published on 16 April 2012 and are available on
the Company's website
For further information:
Investor Relations: Alexander Boreyko Director, Investor
Relations
London: +44 207 832 8990 Moscow: +7 495 232 1370
ir@evraz.com
Media Relations: Oleg Kuzmin VP, Corporate Communications
London: +44 207 832 8998 Moscow: +7 495 937 6871 media@evraz.com
This interim management statement is unaudited and has been
prepared solely to provide additional information to shareholders
as a body to meet the relevant requirements of the UK Listing
Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules and should not be
relied on by any other party or for any other purpose.
EVRAZ is a vertically integrated steel, mining and vanadium
business with operations in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, USA,
Canada, Czech Republic, Italy and South Africa. EVRAZ is among the
top 20 largest steel producers in the world based on crude steel
production of 16.8 million tonnes in 2011. In 2011 EVRAZ sold 15.5
million tonnes of steel products. A significant portion of the
Group's internal consumption of iron ore and coking coal is covered
by its mining operations. The Group's consolidated revenues for the
year ended 31 December 2011 were US$16,400 million and consolidated
adjusted EBITDA amounted to US$2,898 million.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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