Global steelmaking and mining giant Evraz Group S.A. has announced that its crude steel output in the second quarter of the current year increased by 0.2 percent quarter on quarter and by 1.1 percent compared to the same quarter of the previous year, rising to 4.079 million mt.
In the second quarter this year, the crude steel production of the Russian division of Evraz Group increased by 6.6 percent year on year to 3.003 million mt.
Evraz's Ukraine operations increased their crude steel production by 5.8 percent year on year in the second quarter to 265,000 mt.
In the second quarter this year, the North America unit of Evraz recorded a 10.5 percent year-on-year decrease to 551,000 mt in its crude steel production.
The group's consolidated production of finished steel goods in the second quarter was 2.6 percent higher year on year at 2.852 million mt, while its total steel product output including semi-finished increased by three percent year on year to 3.690 million mt.
As regards iron ore, Evraz Group's production in the second quarter was 0.8 percent higher at 5.299 million mt, while its raw coking coal production increased by 14.7 percent to 4.332 million mt, both year on year.