The company's coal output declined five percent yaer on year. Mechel's CEO Yevgeny Mikhel said that the minor decrease in coal production was due to a temporary halt of Yakutugol's Nerungrinskaya washing plant.
Meanwhile, in January-June, Mechel's crude steel production rose by one percent, its flat steel production increased by 61 percent all compared to the same period last year.
Jan-June 2011 (mt) | Y-o-Y change (%) | |
Coal | 12,532,700 | -5 |
Coking coal concentrate | 4,470,200 | +28 |
PCI | 731,200 | +242 |
Steam coals | 3,327,700 | +0.1 |
Iron ore concentrate | 2,242,100 | +20 |
Nickel | 8,400 | +4 |
Ferrosilicon (65% and 75%) | 46,200 | +4 |
Ferrochrome (65%) | 26,100 | -15 |
Coke | 1,691,500 | -7 |
1,837,400 | -11 | |
Steel | 3,009,300 | +1 |
Flat products | 373,000 | +61 |
Long products | 2,055,200 | +11 |
Billets | 1,412,100 | +50 |
Hardware | 457,200 | +20 |
Forgings | 41,500 | +4 |
Stampings | 58,900 | +33 |