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Severstal announced Q1 2023 operational results

Severstal CEO Alexander Shevelev comments: “Our company continues to demonstrate stable growth and successfully overcomes all the challenges we face."

Severstal announced Q1 2023 operational results

Severstal CEO Alexander Shevelev comments on the company's operating results: “Our company continues to demonstrate stable growth and successfully overcomes all the challenges we face. In Q2, steel production increased by 9% qoq to 2.95 mt. In just 6 months of 2023, we increased steel production by 6% to 5.65 million tons, while sales of steel products increased by 9% to 5.47 million tons. At the same time, the share of finished metal products increased to 89% (+2 p.p. y/y). sales of high value-added products increased by 7% to 2.5 million tons (y/y).

Q1 2023 results:

  • Steel sales decreased to 2.78 mln tonnes (-1% qoq). Semi sales grew to 0.3 mln tonnes (+4% qoq). Commercial steel sales fell by 5% qoq to 1.29 mln tonnes due to seasonally lower demand for hot-rolled steel. HVA product sales recovered to 1.19 mln tonnes (+3% qoq) due to strong sales of HDG steel and construction tubes.
  • Iron ore sales contracted to 4.06 mln tonnes (-6% qoq). Pellet sales were down by 3% qoq and amounted to 2.59 mln tonnes, while iron ore concentrate sales fell by 12% qoq to 1.47 mln tonnes on the back of a decrease in seasonal demand in the Russian market.

The first quarter of 2023 was a period of demand and price recovery in global steel markets as covid restrictions were lifted in China. The HRC index in Turkey increased by about 20% to $763/tonne from the beginning of the year to mid-March. In China, prices for similar products rose about 11% and reached the level of $675/tonne. However, by the beginning of April, in response to a growing steel supply and increasing fears of an economic recession around the world, steel prices declined slightly.

In the domestic market, HRC prices increased by 8.3% during the first quarter while decreasing in dollar terms due to the devaluation of the rouble. The demand for steel products in Russia in Q1 2023 increased by 6% from Q4 2022. In annual terms, the demand for steel in the first three months of 2023 was 3% lower than the same period last year.

Due to planned repairs on blast furnaces and steelmaking equipment, hot metal production decreased by 4% qoq, and crude steel production was only 1% lower qoq. As a result, sales of steel products also decreased by 1% to 2.77 million tonnes. However, sales of HVA products increased by 3% qoq to 1.19 mln tonnes, and the share of such products in the sales portfolio increased to 43% (+2 p.p. qoq).

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