The Russian steelmaker and iron ore producer Evraz Group (Evraz) has released its production results for the first quarter of 2007.
Accordingly, Evraz registered a 7.2 percent increase in pig iron production, an 11.6 percent increase in crude steel output and a 14.3 percent increase in its finished steel production year on year in Q1 of 2007. The respective figures in metric tons were 3.1 million, 4.1 million and 3.6 million.
In addition, during the period in question, Evraz's mining division saw a 29.5 percent increase in iron ore concentrate production to 647,000 metric tons, a 9.2 percent increase in sinter production to 2.2 million metric tons, a 5.7 percent increase in pellets production to 1.6 million. However, Evraz registered a 31.1 percent decrease in its coking coal production year on year to 142,000 metric tons in the first three months of 2007.