EVRAZ

Evraz Group S.A. is one of the largest vertically-integrated steel, mining and vanadium businesses in the world. In 2007, Evraz produced 16.4 million tonnes of crude steel, 12.6 million tonnes of pig iron and 15.2 million tonnes of rolled products. For the first half  2008, the consolidated revenues were US$10,726 million and EBITDA - US$3,700 million.

Evraz Group’s principal metallurgical assets include three of Russia’s leading steel plants: Nizhny Tagil (NTMK) in the Urals region and West Siberian (Zapsib) and Novokuznetsk (NKMK) in Siberia. The Company's presence in North America is constituted by its subsidiary Evraz Inc. NA uniting Oregon Steel Mills, Claymont Steel, and Ipsco's Canadian plate and pipe business. Evraz also owns the Dnepropetrovsk Iron and Steel Works in Ukraine, Evraz Palini e Bertoli in Italy, Evraz Vitkovice Steel in the Czech Republic, and Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation in South Africa. In Ukraine, Evraz acquired three coking plants – Bagleykoks, Dneprkoks, and Dneprodzerzhinsk Coke Chemical Plant.
The Company’s mining division includes the iron ore mining complexes Evrazruda, Kachkanarsky (KGOK) and Vysokogorsky (VGOK) in Russia, the Sukha Balka iron ore mining and processing complex in Ukraine and Yuzhkuzbassugol coal mining complex. Evraz also holds a 40% equity interest in Raspadskaya coal company. Its mining assets enable Evraz Group to be successful as a vertically-integrated steel producer: by 2009, Evraz's mining operations covered 93% of iron ore and over 100% of coking coal internal consumption. In 2007, Evraz Group produced approximately 18.9 million tonnes of iron ore products, and mined 21.1 million tonnes of coking coal - including full-year figures of Yuzhkuzbassugol and Raspadskaya. 
Evraz is also an important player in the world vanadium market. Its vanadium business comprises Strategic Minerals Corporation in the United States, Nikom in the Czech Republic, and Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation in South Africa.
Evraz also owns and operates the Nakhodka commercial sea port in the Far East of Russia.

Evraz Group S.A. is a public company registered in Luxembourg. Since June 2005, 30.5% of its issued share capital in the form of GDRs is traded on the London Stock Exchange under the stock symbol EVR.
 

EVRAZ Vision is to be

• A world class steel and mining company, one of the top five most profitable steelmakers globally by ROCE and EBITDA margin
• A leader in the construction and railway steel product markets in Russia and CIS
• A global player with a strong position in flat product markets of Europe and the US 
• The lowest cost producer of crude steel in Russia and CIS through superior efficiency and vertically integration
• A leading global producer of vanadium products