Russian Steel Industry Domestic growth and export capacities May 2011 1 Severstal: Global Overview • SEVERSTAL RUSSIAN STEEL is a leading steel producer in Russia with focus on value-added flat steel products for the construction, automotive, machinery, and oil and gas industries. • SEVERSTAL INTERNATIONAL is the forth largest flat steels producer in the US and Western Europe with premium customers in the automotive, energy, and construction industries. • SEVERSTAL RESOURCES has the capacity and product mix to provide almost all of the iron ore and coking coal requirements of our steel operations in Russia. Izhora Pipe Mill Iron ore & coking coal mining in Russia Gold mining Russia & Kazakhstan Cherepovets Steel Mill Dearborn PBS Coals Columbus mini-mill Liberian iron ore project Gold mining greenfields in Guinea and Burkina Faso Core Mining Steel Production volume in 2010 (tons): 14.7m Severstal employs more than 90 000 people in Russia and other CIS countries, USA, Europe 2 Russian Steel Demand Dynamics and Forecast Apparent steel consumption (mln.t) 70 60 59 Production Exports Imports Apparent consumption 60 56 54 50 40 37 37 32 30 27 20 10 6 4 5 3 0 -10 Flat steel, long steel and pipes&tubes demand performance in Russia (mln.t) 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Long products Flat producrs Tubes & pipes 2007 2008 2009 2010 -20 -30 Steel capacity utilization in Russia/World (%) -40 2007 2008 2009 2010 Apparent steel consumption forecast: • 8% growth in 2011 (World average: 6-7%) • 5.7% CAGR in 2010-2015 (conservatively) • Growth drivers: civil engineering, machinery sector, development of gas transport infrastructure 3 CherMK Severstal: one the largest Russian steelmakers CHEREPOVETS STEEL MILL (CherMK) • Strategic focus on domestic market. • Emphasis on value-added products: high quality steels for automotive industry, hot rolled strips and plates, pipes for oil and gas mainlines • New focus on infrastructure industries (tube makers and construction) and automotive • The company strategically differentiates in both product range and supporting service Annual production capacity exceeds 11 million tons • • • Flat and long products: HR and CR flat products, galvanized and colourcoated products; long-steel applications. Mill 5000 (Kolpino) produces hot-rolled plates and strips. Automotive grade galvanizing line (Severgal) produces high-quality galvanized auto body sheet products, coated with zinc-iron alloy. Deliveries to the domestic market, 2010: 5.5 mln.t Tailored approach, serving various market segments Construction and SSCs, 44% Automotive, 11% Tube and pipemakers, 27% Machinery building, 18% 4 Steel Exports from Russia Steel exports from Russia (mln.t) 35 30 25 31 1.3 11.4 30 1.4 11.3 30 1.2 30 1.2 29 1.2 10.2 9.7 8.4 4.0 3.9 3.6 General Exporters 31 1.3 10.9 28 0.8 9.3 20 15 4.4 4.0 3.8 others, 16% 3.3 Russian Exports in 2010 Nizhnetagilsky MK, 5% 13.4 13.4 14.8 14.6 15.6 15.4 14.8 Oskolsky EMK, 8% 0 2004 2005 Tubes & pipes Semis 2006 2007 2008 Flat producrs 2009 NLMK; 22% Ural Steel, 4% 10 5 Chelyabinsky MK, 3% MMK; 14% 2010 Long products Severstal; 16% ZapadnoSibirsky MK, 12% 5 CherMK Severstal Exports CherMK International supplies, 2010: CherMK European supply network 4,6 mln.t CherMK Asia, 22% Severstallat South and Latin America, 10% North America, 5% Africa, 4% SeverstalBel Europe, 31% Severstallat Silesia Severstal Ukraine Severstal Export CIS, 14% Middle East, 14% 6 Achieve more together These materials are confidential and have been prepared by OAO Severstal (Severstal) solely for your information and may not be reproduced, retransmitted or further distributed to any other person or published, in whole or in part, for any other purpose. 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