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PJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works: MMK Group Trading Update for Q4 and FY 2018

PJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK)

25-Jan-2019 / 11:00 CET/CEST
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MMK Group Trading Update for Q4 and FY 2018

ММК Group: Consolidated results

(thousand tonnes)

 

Q4 2018

Q3 2018

%

FY 2018

FY 2017

%

Finished products sales, of which:

2,936

3,052

-3.8%

11,664

11,617

0.4%

Long products

356

386

-7.6%

1,390

1,374

1.1%

Flat hot-rolled products

1,232

1,315

-6.3%

4,849

4,968

-2.4%

Thick plate (mill 5000)

184

208

-11.2%

779

806

-3.2%

Flat cold-rolled products

292

301

-3.2%

1,209

1,287

-6.1%

Downstream products, of which:

872

842

3.6%

3,438

3,178

8.2%

Tin plate

33

27

25.7%

133

113

17.8%

Galvanised steel

449

414

8.5%

1,743

1,658

5.1%

Polymer-coated steel

166

177

-6.2%

697

623

11.9%

Band

34

37

-8.4%

143

128

11.4%

Formed section

44

50

-10.7%

169

114

48.0%

Pipes

15

18

-15.2%

63

65

-3.8%

Metalware

108

98

9.9%

409

402

1.9%

 Other metal products

24

23

1.7%

81

74

9.1%

HVA products

1,349

1,351

-0.2%

5,426

5,270

2.9%

Share of HVA products

45.9%

44.3%

 

46.5%

45.4%

 

Coal concentrate production

781

808

-3.4%

3,001

2,725

10.1%

Iron ore production

816

824

-1.0%

3,185

3,275

-2.7%

Q4 2018 highlights vs. Q3 2018

       MMK Group's total sales of finished products in Q4 2018 totalled 2,936 thousand tonnes, down 3.8% quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q).

       MMK Group's sales of HVA products in Q4 2018 were 1,349 thousand tonnes, almost flat q-o-q. The share of HVA products in total sales increased to 45.9%.

      MMK Coal's coal concentrate production in Q4 2018 totalled 781 thousand tonnes, down 3.4% q-o-q.

 

FY 2018 highlights vs. FY 2017

       MMK Group's total sales of finished products in FY 2018 totalled 11,664 thousand tonnes, up 0.4% year-on-year (y-o-y).

       MMK Group's sales of HVA products in FY 2018 were 5,426 thousand tonnes, up 2.9% y-o-y. The share of HVA products in total sales increased to 46.5%.

       MMK Coal's coal concentrate production in FY 2018 totalled 3,001 thousand tonnes, up 10.1% y-o-y.


MMK Group highlights by key segments

PSJC MMK

(thousand tonnes)

 

Q4 2018

Q3 2018

%

FY 2018

FY 2017

%

Pig iron

2,558

2,621

-2.4%

9,860

10,163

-3.0%

Crude steel

3,112

3,376

-7.8%

12,664

12,860

-1.5%

Finished products, of which:

2,812

3,007

-6.5%

11,411

11,333

0.7%

Long products

423

481

-12.1%

1,795

1,787

0.5%

Flat hot-rolled products

1,316

1,422

-7.5%

5,236

5,397

-3.0%

HVA products, of which:

1,073

1,104

-2.8%

4,380

4,145

5.7%

Thick plate (mill 5000)

213

215

-1.0%

828

820

1.0%

Flat cold-rolled products

351

355

-1.0%

1,430

1,318

8.5%

Downstream products, of which:

509

534

-4.7%

2,121

2,007

5.7%

Tin plate

33

27

24.0%

133

117

13.3%

Galvanised steel

315

312

1.0%

1,269

1,133

12.0%

Polymer-coated steel

73

87

-16.0%

339

440

-23.0%

Band

28

38

-27.2%

139

127

9.3%

Formed section

42

47

-10.1%

168

124

35.7%

Pipes

18

23

-23.1%

73

65

12.3%

Shipments by market:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia + CIS

2,187

2,339

-6.5%

9,029

8,528

5.9%

Export

625

667

-6.4%

2,381

2,805

-15.1%

(USD / tonne)

 

Q4 2018

Q3 2018

%

FY 2018

FY 2017

%

 Average price per tonne:

579

610

-5.1%

621

575

8.0%

Long products

507

528

-4.0%

541

491

10.2%

Flat hot-rolled products

507

550

-7.8%

555

496

11.9%

HVA products, of which:

697

723

-3.6%

734

714

2.9%

Thick plate (mill 5000)

646

691

-6.5%

744

765

-2.9%

Flat cold-rolled products

606

613

-1.1%

621

579

7.3%

Downstream products, of which:

780

810

-3.7%

806

781

3.2%

Tin plate

778

790

-1.5%

803

855

-6.1%

Galvanised steel

759

797

-4.8%

784

739

6.1%

Polymer-coated steel

967

1,002

-3.5%

983

928

5.9%

Band

656

655

0.2%

665

669

-0.6%

Formed section

787

777

1.3%

809

777

4.1%

Pipes

579

597

-3.0%

623

614

1.5%

       Pig iron output in FY 2018 decreased by 3.0% y-o-y. This was due to the scheduled maintenance work at blast furnace No. 1 and large volume of minor maintenance works at other blast furnaces over 2018.

       Steel output in Q4 2018 declined by 7.8% q-o-q due to lower capacity utilisation of electric-arc furnaces amid scheduled maintenance works and higher scrap prices.

       Despite lower steel production in FY 2018 (down 1.5% y-o-y), shipments of finished products for the same period grew 0.7% y-o-y owing to decreasing warehouse stocks of finished products.

       Sales of finished products in Q4 2018 declined 6.5% q-o-q to 2,812 thousand tonnes. This decline was mainly due to the seasonal weakness of business activity on the domestic market.

       In Q4 2018 domestic shipments declined by 6.5% q-o-q due to seasonally weak demand. However, in FY 2018, domestic shipments grew 5.9% year-on-year to 9,029 thousand tonnes, while the share of domestic sales exceeded 79%, compared to 75% in 2017.

       In Q4 2018, shipments of long products decreased by 12.1% q-o-q to 423 thousand tonnes. This decline was due to seasonally weak domestic demand for construction products. However, in FY 2018, overall shipments of long products grew 0.5% y-o-y, owing to both the continued increase in demand for steel on the Russian market and higher sales volumes at the metalware branch of MMK Group.

       Shipments of hot-rolled products in Q4 2018 declined 7.5% q-o-q. This decline was mainly due to lower shipments to pipe manufactures and correction of prices for hot-rolled steel on export markets.

       The decrease in shipments of hot-rolled products in FY 2018 by 3.0% y-o-y was due to higher sales of HVA products.

       Shipments of HVA products in FY 2018 increased 5.7% y-o-y and totalled 4,380 thousand tonnes. This growth was mainly due to the new hot-dip galvanising line reaching full capacity, higher sales of cold-rolled products to the Lysvensky Metallurgical Plant, and higher sales of other downstream products on the domestic market.

       The increase in shipments of cold-rolled products in FY 2018 by 8.5% y-o-y, or by 112 thousand tonnes, was mainly due to higher shipments of semi-finished rolled stocks to the Lysvensky Metallurgical Plant.

       In Q4 2018, shipments of Mill 5000 products were nearly flat q-o-q with capacity utilisation of 100%. In FY 2018, thick plate shipments slightly grew y-o-y.

       Despite seasonally weak demand for construction products, galvanised steel shipments in Q4 2018 remained flat q-o-q and totalled 315 thousand tonnes. In FY 2018, the Company shipped 1,269 thousand tonnes of galvanised steel, up 12.0% y-o-y. This significant growth was due to the new hot-dip galvanising line reaching full capacity, which amid stable demand from the construction industry allowed the Company to continue substituting imports of this product. In FY 2018, the Company also increased shipments to carmakers.

       Lower shipments of polymer-coated metal in FY 2018 were due to both higher sales of galvanised steel and changes in the reporting of product sales by Lysvensky Metallurgical Plant following its acquisition in late 2017.

       Sales of formed section in FY 2018 grew 35.7% y-o-y due to consistently high demand from railcar manufacturers.

       The average sales price in US dollars in Q4 2018 decreased by 5.1% q-o-q to USD 579 per tonne. This decrease was due to the correction in global steel prices and devaluation of the rouble vs the dollar during the quarter.

       In FY 2018, the average sales price for the Company's products grew 8.0% y-o-y to USD 621 per tonne.

 

Lysvensky Metallurgical Plant

(thousand tonnes)

 

Q4 2018

Q3 2018

%

FY 2018

FY 2017

%

Finished products, of which:

55

79

-30.3%

249

110

125.7%

Electro-galvanised steel (automotive sheet)

2

0.6

316.2%

6

8

-22.1%

Galvanised steel with polymer coating

51

71

-28.2%

230

99

132.2%

Galvanised steel with decorative coating (SteelArt)

1

7

-84.3%

12

3

326.4%

       Sales of finished products in Q4 2018 amounted to 55 thousand tonnes, down 30.3% q-o-q. This decline was mainly due to the seasonal decrease in demand for construction metal.

      Sales of finished products in FY 2018 grew by 139 thousand tonnes, or 125.7% y-o-y. This significant growth was mainly due to the low base effect in FY 2017, which in turn was related to a shortage of working capital. Capacity utilisation rates and sales in 2018 have stabilised, as the plant became part of MMK Group.

 

Steel segment (Turkey)

 (thousand tonnes)

 

Q4 2018

Q3 2018

%

FY 2018

FY 2017

%

ММК Metalurji finished products, of which:

202

137

47.0%

767

925

-17.1%

Flat hot-rolled products

2

4

-36.5%

42

164

-74.0%

HVA products, of which:

199

133

49.4%

724

762

-4.9%

Galvanised steel

157

113

39.1%

566

580

-2.4%

Polymer-coated steel

43

21

105.8%

158

182

-13.0%

ММК Metalurji finished products from ММК steel

132

91

45.3%

513

640

-19.8%

       Sales of finished products in Q4 2018 totalled 202 thousand tonnes (up 47.0% q-o-q). This growth was due to the company's ability to redirect shipments from the domestic to international markets.

       Sales of finished products in FY 2018 decreased by 17.1% y-o-y, mainly due to external headwinds and the challenging economic situation in Turkey. Due to the sharp devaluation of the Turkish lira, customers' financial solvency significantly deteriorated, and demand and prices for metal on the domestic market dropped to the 18 months lowest.

       The company partly offset lower domestic demand by increasing export sales to Europe and North Africa.

 

MMK Coal

(thousand tonnes)

 

Q4 2018

Q3 2018

%

FY 2018

FY 2017

%

Coking coal mining

1,228

1,512

-18.8%

4,927

3,614

36.3%

Coking coal processing

1,451

1,436

1.0%

5,640

4,893

15.2%

Mined

1,362

1,332

2.3%

4,962

3,469

43.0%

Purchased

89

105

-15.1%

660

1,418

-53.3%

Toll

 

 

 

17

6

179.2%

Coking coal concentrate

781

808

-3.4%

3,001

2,725

10.1%

       Coking coal production in Q4 2018 decreased by 18.8% q-o-q and amounted to 1,228 thousand tonnes. This decrease was due to maintenance works at Chertinskaya-Koksovaya mine and shifting commissioning date for one of the longwalls due to complex geological conditions.

       Coal concentrate production in Q4 2018 declined 3.4% q-o-q due to processing high-ash coal from the Kostromovskaya mine.

       In FY 2018, coking coal production increased by 36.3% y-o-y to 4,927 thousand tonnes. This growth was due to the capacity increases at Kostromovskaya and Chertinskaya-Koksovaya mines.

       Higher coal production allowed the company to cut coal purchases from the third parties by more than two-fold, which contributed to lower cash cost of own coal concentrate production.

 

Outlook

The Company's management expects the sales of finished products in Q1 2019 to remain under pressure from weak seasonal demand amid low sales prices on global markets.

However, these factors will be partly offset by higher share of domestic sales in Q1 2019, thanks to support of demand due to lower supply of flat steel by some steel producers, and 100% capacity utilisation by a number of high-margin production assets, including Mill 5000.

 

 

MMK is one of the world's largest steel producers and a leading Russian metals company. The company's operations in Russia include a large steel producing complex encompassing the entire production chain, from preparation of iron ore to downstream processing of rolled steel. MMK turns out a broad range of steel products with a predominant share of high-value-added products. In 2017, the company produced 12.9 million tonnes of crude steel and 11.6 million tonnes of commercial steel products. MMK Group had sales in 2017 of USD 7,546 million and EBITDA of USD 2,032 million.

 

 

Contacts

Investor Relations Department:

Andrey Serov

+7 3519 24-52-97

serov.ae@mmk.ru

Communications Department:

Dmitry Kuchumov Dmitry Bulin

+7 499 238-26-13 +7 499 238-26-13

kuchumov.do@mmk.ru  bulin.dn@mmk.ru

 

 




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