Excellence Through Mining and Exploration
We forecast that, in spite of the downturn in economic activity, our share of raw materials production for metallurgy on the Russian market will increase in 2010.
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Excellence Through a Vertically Integrated Model
Our Cherepovets Steel Mill is one of the world’s largest standalone integrated steelworks by capacity (95 mln. tonnes of crude steel produced in 2009).
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Excellence Through Integrated Plants and Distribution Networks
We were early to reduce costs and put in place other initiatives to manage our business during the downturn. Consequently, we were able to contain the impact of a [50]% fall in global demand for steel on 2009 performance. We were also successful in generating significant cash through the year and have further strengthened our financing structure. As a result, the Company has emerged from this challenging period stronger than ever and is well positioned to exploit global economic recovery as it gathers pace.
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