Russian mining and steel group Mechel has announced its consolidated financial results for the first nine months of the current year. In the given period, Mechel saw a net loss of $1 billion compared to a net loss of $1.22 billion in the same period of 2014. In the January-September period, Mechel's sales revenues decreased by 35 percent year on year to $3.27 billion. In the same period, the company's adjusted operating income increased from the $170 million registered in the same period of 2014 to $398 million, while its EBITDA increased 20 percent year on year to $587 million.
The revenue of Mechel's mining segment from external customers in the first nine months of the current year totaled $1.05 billion, down 34 percent, while its steel segment's revenue from external customers in the same period amounted to $1.89 billion, down 35 percent, both compared to the corresponding period of 2014.
Mechel stated that all of its business segments continue to demonstrate stable growth of operational income and positive EBITDA. The efforts aimed at optimizing the company’s operations and adapting to changing market situations yielded positive results. At the same time, low costs of mining and processing coal gave Mechel competitive advantages as compared to other global producers.