2005 Results Q&As

RNS Number:5687C
Evraz Group S.A.
08 May 2006


Evraz Group announces:

The answers to the outstanding questions asked during the conference call on
Preliminary Results 2005 are as follows:

Q: Could you please break down the allocation of cost of revenues between the
segments?

A: Cost of Revenues breakdown (US$ '000)

                   Steel    Mining    Other  Unallocated Eliminations      TOTAL
Revenue

Sales to
external
customers      6,133,506   147,072   227,505          -                6,508,083

Inter-segment
sales             87,561   842,015   417,017          -   (1,346,593)         -
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Total revenue  6,221,067  9 89,087   644,522          -   (1,346,593)  6,508,083
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Cost of
revenue      (4,312,649) (630,877) (462,243)          -    1,245,865 (4,159,904)
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Gross profit   1,908,418   358,210   182,279          -     (100,728)  2,348,179
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Selling and
distribution
costs          (201,989)   (7,458)  (42,668)                 7 1,051   (181,064)

General and
administrative
expenses       (319,214)  (78,647)  (97,543)    (10,757)      29,220   (476,941)

Social & social
infrastructure
maintenance
expenses       (61,872)   (10,549)   (3,194)          -            -     75,615)

Loss on disposal 
of property,
plant and
equipment      (18,034)    (4,018)   (1,957)          -            -    (24,009)

Impairment of
assets            (330)      (971)        -      (7,111)           -     (8,412)

Foreign exchange
gains/(losses),
net             (3,141)        177   (1,238)     (1,509)       1,008     (4,703)

Other operating
income/(expens
es), net          6,998      2,315    (1,861)        156        (551)      7,057
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Profit from
operations    1,310,836    259,059     33,818    (19,221)          ()  1,584,492
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Q: Could you give a guidance or breakdown of your volumes between export and
domestic market please?

A: Steel Sales Product Mix 2005

                      Russian sales,     Non-Russian sales,    Total Evraz Group
                        '000 tonnes             '000 tonnes          '000 tonnes 
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Semi-finished steel         1,276.7                4,679.8               6,108.8
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  Pipe blanks                 730.2                                        730.2
  Pig iron                    211.2                  684.3                 895.5
  Billets                       6.9                2,361.1               2,368.0
  Slabs                       317.7                1,565.5               1,883.2
  Blooms                          0                    1.5                   1.5
  Other                        10.7                   67.4                  78.2
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Railway sector              1,537.3                  108.9               1,646.2
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  Rails                       976.7                   74.5               1,051.2
  Wheels for
   rolling stock              135.1                    4.7                 139.9
  Tyres for
   rolling stock               40.8                    1.2                  42.1
  Other products
   for railway sector         384.6                   28.5                 413.0
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Construction sector         2,716.1                1,252.1               3,968.1
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  H-beams                     481.2                  379.4                 860.6
  Channels                    452.4                   58.9                 511.3
  Angles                       03.3                   42.0                 345.4
  Rebars                    1,010.6                  495.7               1,506.3
  Wire                        198.3                   12.5                 210.8
  Wire rods                   203.7                  246.9                 238.1
  Other                        66.6                   16.7                  83.1
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Mining sector                 259.1                   11.0                 270.2
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  Mining uprights              59.2                    4.8                  64.0
  Grinding balls              199.9                    6.2                 206.1
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Other finished
products                      549.4                  469.7               1,019.1
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  Plates                      254.8                  430.7                 685.4
  Other                       294.6                   39.0                 333.6
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Total steel sales           6,338.6                6,521.5              12,860.1
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