The Russian steel producing and
mining company
Evraz Group (
Evraz) has announced that in Q1 this year its
coking coal production, amounting to 1.84 million mt, decreased by 16.8 percent year on year, and was down 17.4 percent compared to Q4 2010, due to temporary technical issues at its subsidiary Yuzhkuzbassugol.
"We expect
coking coal volumes to recover in the next quarter with 2011 volumes being higher than in 2010," said the company in its statement.
At the same time, in Q1 this year,
Evraz's
CIS region
mining segment saw its
iron ore concentrate
production (
Russia) increase by 3.1 percent to 1.47 million mt, its pellet
production (
Russia) increased by 15 percent to 1.52 million mt, its lump ore output (
Ukraine) dropped by 27.7 percent to 345,000 mt, while its sinter
production (
Russia) went up by 11.3 percent to 1.12 million mt - all compared to Q1 2010. In addition,
Evraz's South African lump ore output went down by 17 percent year on year to 359,000 mt, while its fine ore output decreased by 8.1 percent to 152,000 mt.