The considerable increase of all operational indicators was noticed at JSC “Zaporizhstal” in July 2013: the overall production of iron increased by 7,6%, steel — by 7,7% and rolled stock by 9,5%.
341,6 thous. tons of steel and 282,9 thous. tons of rolled stock were produced in July 2013. For the first time during the last 5 years and taking into account the configuration of production (the operation of three blast furnaces) the iron smelting during the month reached the record level — 286,8 thous. tons. Along with that the slender profile production increased in July 2013 to the extent of 76 thous. tons.
«The achieved results decisively demonstrate the new image of integrated iron and steel works in terms of rate, quality and performance and confirm that the only right direction of development of “Zaporizhstal”, approved by the strategy of Metinvest Group was chosen in August 2012,» — mentioned the General director of integrated iron and steel works “Zaporizhstal” Rostislav Shurma.
| The name of the factor | The unit of measurement | July 2012 thous. tons | July 2013 thous. tons | July 2013 in comparison with July 2012, thous. tons | July 2013 in comparison with July 2012, % |
| The overall production of iron | thous.tons | 266,7 | 286,8 | 20,2 | 107,6 |
| The overall production of steel | thous.tons | 317,0 | 341,6 | 24,6 | 107,7 |
| The overall production of rolled stock | thous.tons | 258,3 | 282,9 | 24,6 | 109,5 |
During the period from January till July 2013 integrated iron and steel works “Zaporizhstal” increased the production of steel by 1,3 % and the production of rolled stock by 3,3% in comparison with the similar period 2012.
| The name of the factor | The unit of measurement | January-July 2012 thous. tons | January-July 2013 thous. tons | January-July 2013 in comparison with January-July 2012 thous. tons | January-July 2013 in comparison with January-July 2012 % |
| The overall production of steel | thous.tons | 2180,1 | 2208,0 | 27,9 | 101,3 |
| The overall production of rolled stock | thous.tons | 1804,1 | 1863,1 | 59,0 | 103,3 |
73 thous. tons of metal products were delivered to the river port in July 2013 (the amount of delivery in June is 55 thous. tons). This will allow achieving in August the maximal amounts of shipping of products to the consumers by river transport in 2013.