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INHULETS MINING INCREASES OUTPUT OF IRON ORE CONCENTRATE BY 4%

Inhulets Mining and Processing Plant (Kryvy Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region), part of Metinvest Group, in 2020 increased output of iron ore concentrate by 4% compared to 2019, to 12.858 million tonnes.
According to the audited consolidated financial results released by the company on Tuesday, work was carried out last year to modernize the transport infrastructure.
Completion of the construction of a new cyclical flow technology at Inhulets plant is planned in the second half of 2021.
The enterprise specializes in extraction and processing of ferruginous quartzites of Inhulets deposit, located in the southern part of the Kryvy Rih iron ore basin. It produces two types of iron ore concentrate with an iron content of 64.8% and 67%.
The production capacity is 14 million tonnes of iron ore concentrate per year.
Inhulets Mining and Processing Plant is part of Metinvest Group, the main shareholders of which are PrJSC System Capital Management (SCM, Donetsk, 71.24%) and the Smart-Holding (23.76%).
Metinvest Group’s management company is Metinvest Holding LLC.

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METINVEST INCREASES EBITDA BY 9.6% IN NOV 2020

Revenue of Metinvest B.V. (the Netherlands), the parent company of the Metinvest mining and metallurgical group, in November 2020 increased by 8.4%, or $73 million, compared to the previous month, to $941 million from $868 million.
According to the published preliminary unaudited consolidated monthly results of the company’s financial statements, the overall rate of EBITDA amounted to $263 million in November, which is $23 million more than in October ($240 million), while EBITDA from participation in the joint venture was $53 million (in October $56 million).
According to the financial statements, the adjusted EBITDA of the metallurgical division of the group for November 2020 amounted to “plus” $136 million (in October, “plus” $140 million), including $10 million from participation in the joint venture ($9 million); EBITDA of the mining division – $142 million (in October $128 million), including from the joint venture – $43 million ($47 million). The management company spent $8 million ($7 million).
Total revenue in November consisted of $759 million ($689 million in October) for the metallurgical division, $268 million ($228 million) for the mining division, and intragroup sales of $86 million ($49 million).
The total debt of the company in November increased by $8 million compared to October, to $2.940 billion from $2.932 billion, whiles the amount of cash increased by $101 million, to $813 million from $712 million.
Funds used in investment activities amounted to $81 million and in financial activities to $71 million.
Metinvest received $61 million from the resale of square billets (produced by PJSC Dniprovsky Metallurgical Plant of the Industrial Union of Donbas corporation) in November in the amount of 138,000 tonnes. In addition, $120 million was received from the resale of 225,000 tons of flat-rolled products, 67,000 tonnes of long rolled products for $34 million, and 113,000 tonnes of cast iron for $44 million.
In general, the company in November sold 517,000 tonnes of semi-finished products for $222 million, 801,000 tonnes of finished metal products for $454 million, and 165,000 tonnes of coke for $34 million.
In November, the group sold 1.589 million tonnes of iron ore for $172 million, and 49,000 tonnes of coal concentrate for $6 million.

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INGOK RAISES PRODUCTION OF IRON ORE CONCENTRATE IN 2020

Inhulets mining and processing plant (InGOK, Kryvy Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region), part of Metinvest Group, in 2020 increased production of iron ore concentrate, according to recent data, by 7.7% compared to the previous year, to 11.9 million tonnes.
The enterprise told Interfax-Ukraine that in December it produced 1.019 million tonnes of concentrate with a 66.13% iron content, while extracted 2.608 million tonnes of crude ore.
As reported, InGOK in 2019 increased production of iron ore concentrate by 1.2% compared to the previous year, to 11.052 million tonnes.
The enterprise specializes in extraction and processing of ferruginous quartzites of Inhulets deposit, located in the southern part of the Kryvy Rih iron ore basin. It produces two types of iron ore concentrate with an iron content of 64.8% and 67%.
The production capacity is 14 million tonnes of iron ore concentrate per year.
InGOK is part of Metinvest Group, the main shareholders of which are PrJSC System Capital Management (SCM, Donetsk, 71.24%) and the Smart-Holding (23.76%).
Metinvest Group’s management company is Metinvest Holding LLC.

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ILLICH IRON AND STEEL WORKS INCREASES ROLLED PRODUCTS OUTPUT IN 2020

Mariupol Illich Iron and Steel Works (Donetsk region), a member of the Metinvest Group, in 2020 increased the production of general rolled products, according to recent data, by 12.4% compared to the previous year, to 3.67 million tonnes.
As the enterprise told the Interfax-Ukraine, steel production during this period increased by 13.7%, to 4.05 million tonnes, cast iron by 4.4%, to 4.65 million tonnes, and sinter by 12.8%, to 12.34 million tonnes.
In December, Mariupol Illich Iron and Steel Works produced about 320,000 tonnes of general rolled products, 345,000 tonnes of steel, 330,000 tonnes of cast iron, and 1.06 million tonnes of sinter.
Illich Iron and Steel Works is part of Metinvest Group, the main shareholders of which are SCM Group (71.24%) and Smart-Holding (23.76%), jointly managing the company.
Metinvest Holding LLC is the managing company of Metinvest Group.

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UKRAINIAN LARGEST METAL COMPANY METINVEST IN SEPT INCREASES EBITDA BY 13%

Metinvest B.V.’s revenue (the Netherlands), the parent company of the Metinvest mining and metallurgical group, in September 2020 increased by 8.8%, or $74 million, compared to the previous month – to $912 million from $838 million.
According to the published preliminary unaudited consolidated monthly results of the company’s financial statements on Thursday, the total EBITDA in September amounted to $244 million, which is $28 million higher than in August ($216 million), while EBITDA from participation in the joint venture was $37 million (in August – $48 million).
According to the report, the adjusted EBITDA of the metallurgical division of the group for September 2020 amounted to “plus” $115 million (in August, “plus” $91 million), including $1 million from participation in the joint venture ($7 million); EBITDA of the mining division – $134 million (in August – $134 million), including from the joint venture – $36 million ($41 million). The management company spent $4 million ($6 million).
Total revenue in September consisted of $727 million ($671 million in August) for the Metallurgical Division, $235 million ($258 million) for the mining division, and intragroup sales of $50 million ($91 million).
The total debt of the company in September decreased by$ 90 million compared to August – to $2.927 billion from $3.017 billion, while the volume of funds increased by $126 million – to $649 million from $523 million.
Funds used in investment activities amounted to $65 million, in financial activities – $94 million.

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CENTRAL GOK INCREASES PRODUCTION OF CONCENTRATE BY 10% IN TEN MONTHS

Central Mining and Processing Plant (Central GOK, Kryvy Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region), a member of Metinvest Group, in January-October of this year, according to recent data, reduced the production of pellets by 2% compared to the same period last year – up to 1.86 million tonnes.
As the Interfax-Ukraine agency was informed in the company, 76,000 tonnes of pellets were produced in October, while in September – 202,500 tonnes.
For the ten months of 2020, the production of iron ore concentrate increased by 10.3% compared to the same period in 2019, up to 4.079 million tonnes, including 443,970 tonnes produced in October (in September – 399,520 tonnes).
“The reason for the decrease in production of pellets in October compared to the previous month is the autumn repairs at the pelletizing plant – the work was carried out for 21 days,” the company reported.
As reported, Central GOK in 2019 increased the production of pellets by 4.3% compared to the previous year, to 2.402 million tonnes, iron ore concentrate, by 0.5%, to 4.436 million tonnes.
Central GOK is one of the five largest producers of mining raw materials in Ukraine. It specializes in extraction and production of iron ore raw materials – concentrate with an iron content of 65% and 68.2%, as well as pellets with an iron content of 63.9%

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