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Evraz Plc

09 April 2014

EVRAZ ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY AUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR 2013

9 April 2014 - EVRAZ plc ("EVRAZ" or "the Company") (LSE: EVR) today announces its preliminary audited results for the year ended 31 December 2013 ("the Period").

The financial information contained in this document for the year ended 31 December 2013 does not constitute statutory accounts as defined in section 435 of the Companies Act 2006. The audited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012 have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies and those for 2013 will be delivered following the Company's annual general meeting convened for 12 June 2014.

The auditor has reported on the statutory accounts for year ended 31 December 2013. The auditor's report was unqualified.

2013 HIGHLIGHTS

Commenting on the financial results in respect of 2013, Alexander Frolov, Chief Executive of EVRAZ, stated:

"2013 was another challenging year for the global steel and coal mining industries, characterised by strong cyclical headwinds, which EVRAZ was not immune to. Although we managed to increase external steel sales by 1% to 15.5 million tonnes and substantially grew the output of coking coal by 22% to 18.9 million tonnes, our EBITDA was US$1,821 million in 2013, 10% less than in 2012.

Whereas many factors are beyond our control, EVRAZ possesses certain fundamental value drivers that we believe will define the Company's future performance and ultimately create value for our shareholders. Management's response to the current market situation has encompassed a thorough review of EVRAZ's balance sheet, strategic options and business portfolio.

In terms of the financial strategy, our priority was to address the debt leverage by focusing on the generation of positive free cash flow, which reached US$458 million in 2013. Important contributors to the free cash flow in 2013 were the positive effects of the operating efficiency and cost cutting programmes which we initiated during the year - all of which yielded total savings of approximately US$303 million."

 
 Full year to 31 December 
 (US$ million)                                           2013               2012    Change 
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 Consolidated revenue                                  14,411             14,726    (2.1)% 
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 Consolidated EBITDA*                                   1,821              2,027   (10.2)% 
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 Net loss                                               (572)              (425)     34.6% 
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 Loss per share, (US$)                                 (0.35)             (0.30)     16.7% 
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 Net cash flows from operating activities               1,900              2,143   (11.3)% 
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 CAPEX                                                    902              1,261   (28.5)% 
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                                             31 December 2013   31 December 2012 
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 Net debt**                                             6,534              6,376      2.5% 
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 Total assets                                          17,704             17,732    (0.2)% 
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* Please refer to Appendix 1 for reconciliation of profit/(loss) from operations to EBITDA

** Hereinafter debt and cash balances include the amounts held at operations that were classified as assets/liabilities held for sale, which were separately presented in the statement of financial position as of 31 December 2013, and include US$35 million of cash and cash equivalents and US$78 million of debt (including US$76 million of short-term debt). Please refer to Appendices 4 and 5

Steel:

   --    Steel segment revenue of US$12,541 million (-7% vs. 2012) 
   --    Crude steel production of 16.1 million tonnes (+1%) 
   --    Total external sales of steel products of 15.5 million tonnes (+1%) 

-- Decline in steel and steel products prices led to a US$798 million decrease in consolidated revenue

Mining:

   --    Mining segment revenue of US$3,120 million (+18% vs. 2012) 

-- Raw coking coal production of 18.9 million tonnes (+22%) including 7.8 million tonnes from Raspadskaya

-- Production of saleable iron ore products was 20.4 million tonnes (-1%) on the back of lower output by the Russian operations largely driven by the disposal of high cost operation EVRAZ VGOK

-- Decline in prices for mining products led to a US$182 million decrease in consolidated revenue

Vanadium:

   --    Vanadium segment revenue of US$550 million (+6% vs. 2012) 

-- The vanadium division produced 21,077 tonnes (+0.1%) of vanadium slag and sold 23,287 tonnes (+10%) of vanadium products

Investments:

-- Capital expenditure of US$902 million (vs. US$1,261 million in 2012) following the thorough revision of investment plans

   --    Rail mill modernisation at EVRAZ ZSMK completed in January 2013 with ramp-up mostly finished 

-- PCI project at EVRAZ NTMK fully reached design parameters in May 2013, while construction work on PCI at EVRAZ ZSMK continued

-- Yerunakovskaya VIII coking coal mine launched in February 2013 and fully ramped up by February 2014

   --    Development of Mezhegey coking coal deposit continued 
   --    Hot tests at Vostochny rolling mill in Kazakhstan commenced 

M&A developments:

-- Completion of acquisition of an indirect controlling interest in OJSC Raspadskaya bringing effective interest to 81.95% for US$964 million in equity and cash

-- Acquisition of the 51% stake in Timir iron ore project for a US$159 million cash consideration

-- Disposal of structurally high costs assets in iron ore and coal mining - EVRAZ VGOK, Abakan and Teya mines of Evrazruda and the Gramoteinskaya steam coal mine for cash consideration of ca.US$20 million

   --    Disposal of EVRAZ Vitkovice Steel based on the enterprise value of US$287 million 

Debt and liquidity:

-- Net debt of US$6,534 million vs. US$6,376 million as at 31 December 2012 including additional US$400 million of net debt contributed in 2013 from the consolidation of Raspadskaya

   --    Cash and short-term deposits of US$1,611 million (see Appendix 2 for calculation) 

-- Placed US$1,000 million Eurobonds due in 2020 with the lowest ever coupon rate achieved by EVRAZ of 6.50% p.a.

-- Prepaid US$950 million structured credit facility due 2015 with certain covenants on net leverage

Dividends:

-- The directors recommend a dividend of 6 cents per share to be consistent with their intention of distributing, where appropriate, a proportion of the margin on disposals as dividends, and as an indication of confidence in the Company's position. The US$90.4 million represents the approximate cash portion of the proceeds from the sale of EVRAZ Vitkovice Steel, leaving US$196.6 million for the reduction of debt

   --    Revised dividend policy set out (see below) 

Chief Executive Officer's Report

Through the sound fundamentals of our business and our vision we endeavour to deliver sustainable ongoing growth and value. However, 2013 was another challenging year for the global steel and coal mining industries, characterised by strong cyclical headwinds, which EVRAZ was not immune to. Although we managed to increase external steel sales by 1% to 15.5 million tonnes and substantially grew the output of coking coal by 22% to 18.9 million tonnes, our EBITDA was US$1,821 million in 2013, 10% less than in 2012. Due to the relatively high financial leverage of the Company, shareholder value also came under pressure during the course of 2013.

Whereas many factors are beyond our control, such as the cyclicality of the broad commodity market, EVRAZ possesses certain fundamental value drivers that we believe will define the Company's future performance and ultimately create value for our shareholders.

Overview of Health, Safety and Environmental performance

The safety of our employees remained the key priority in 2013. Although the number of fatalities decreased compared to 2012, the fact that 18 employees lost their lives at work is deeply regrettable. All of the incidents have been meticulously investigated and analysed in order to mitigate against recurrence and identify other workplace risks. We remain committed to our strategic goal of zero fatality incidents.

We have been focusing on sustained training to underline the importance of adherence to our improved operating standards as we endeavour to progress towards a zero-harm environment. We have also adopted a proactive approach to the promotion of more disciplined behaviour at the workplace, accompanied by continual engagement, on the part of workers and managers, in appropriate training courses. In line with this, we have engaged a significant number of mid-level managers from various business areas to impart their appreciation of the importance of safety awareness across all key production sites.

Balance sheet deleverage strategy, cost cutting and capex revision

Management's response to the current market situation has encompassed a thorough review of EVRAZ's balance sheet, strategic options and business portfolio.

In terms of the financial strategy, our priority was to address the debt leverage by focusing on the generation of positive free cash flow, which reached US$458 million in 2013. The ratio of net debt to EBITDA amounted to 3.6x, which we consider as being high. The current target, through organic deleveraging and disposals, is to reduce the net debt to EBITDA ratio to below 3.0x by 2016 year-end.

Important contributors to the free cash flow in 2013 were the positive effects of the operating efficiency and cost cutting programmes which we initiated during the year. The plan provided for staff optimisation, including a headcount reduction and the implementation of more efficient work shifts; reduced maintenance downtime at our steel mills and the efficient repositioning of longwalls in coking coal mines; enhanced extraction yields and reduced conversion costs - all of which yielded total savings of approximately US$303 million.

In 2014, we will extend our operating costs' reduction programme to save US$350-400 million and, post a comprehensive review of general and administrative costs, we are aiming to reduce costs by an additional US$100 million on an annualised basis from 2015 compared to 2013 level, including a reduction of US$50 million to be achieved in 2014.

In addition, we significantly revised our investment plans and doubled the Internal Rate of Return threshold with regard to the suspension of projects below 40% compared with 20% we used to have previously. As a result, capex in 2013 was reduced by approximately US$400 million from the originally budgeted US$1.3 billion to US$902 million. Deferred projects included the construction of the Yuzhny rolling mill and expenditures on certain higher cost coal mines. In 2014, we expect to achieve a further reduction in capital spending and end up with less than US$900 million.

Disposals and closure of high cost and other assets

In the current market reality, certain aspects of our steel and mining asset base have become economically inefficient and structurally high cost. During 2013 management refined and commenced implementation of an action programme focused on the divestment or closure of specific high cost and/or loss making assets. Key developments included the shutdown of the Irba mine, the sale of the Abakan and Teya mines at Evrazruda, the disposal of EVRAZ VGOK, preparations for the shutdown of the Abashevskaya coal mine, the closure of the plate rolling mill at EVRAZ ZSMK and the suspension of EVRAZ Claymont Steel.

In addition we temporarily suspended EVRAZ Palini e Bertoli, our Italian plate rolling mill, in order to release significant working capital.

We have continued to negotiate with an expanded list of potential purchasers of EVRAZ Highveld Steel and Vanadium in South Africa and we will update the market on developments in due course.

On 3 April 2014, we successfully completed the sale of EVRAZ Vitkovice Steel, our Czech subsidiary, based on the enterprise value of US$287 million, including US$89 million for equity. The sale reflected management's belief that strategic options for the development of the operation within EVRAZ were limited.

Value drivers

We believe that our value drivers are our fundamental low cost positions with access to proprietary raw materials, which enables us to secure the required quantities and quality of iron ore and coking coal at costs which are below the market's conservative estimates of long run pricing.

Iron ore

Our core iron ore business, EVRAZ KGOK, has historically been an important contributor to the Company's free cash flow with cash costs for iron ore products (58% Fe) of US$46 per tonne before credits from a vanadium by-product. The mining volumes of EVRAZ KGOK fully cover the requirements of EVRAZ NTMK. It is anticipated that the low cost position of EVRAZ KGOK will be sustained throughout the current operations and during the development of the new Sobstvenno-Kachkanarskoye iron ore deposit, located in close proximity to the current open pits, with an estimated mine life of more than 100 years.

In addition, the successful implementation of cost savings and operational improvements at all of the Company's iron ore mining assets, together with the sale and shutdown of high cost operations, resulted in a reduction of blended cash costs (58% Fe) from US$69/tonne in 2012 to US$61/tonne in 2013 with potential further savings in 2014 and beyond.

EVRAZ has also entered the Timir iron ore joint venture arrangement focused on the development of iron ore deposits in Southern Yakutia. The rationale behind our acquisition of a 51% interest in the project is the prospect of securing adequately priced supplies of iron ore for EVRAZ ZSMK, our major Russian steel mill situated in Western Siberia, post the depletion of Evrazruda's reserves in 5-7 years. Timir's substantial iron ore resources and proximity to the existing infrastructure provide for the efficient development of the project as a low cost operation.

Coking coal

With regard to coking coal the Company took a major step forward in 2013 with the acquisition of Raspadskaya, a transaction designed to harden the competitive advantage of being the market leader in the Russian coking coal market; primary attractions include the long life of the mineral resources and a broad customer base.

Raspadskaya, even at its current relatively low levels of raw coal production, is one of Russia's lowest cost coking coal companies, with an average cash cost of concentrate of $54.9/t in 2013. The Raspadskaya mine possesses exceptional assets of high quality semi-hard coking coal with proven and probable reserves extending to upwards of 100 years; production, however, has yet to return to the levels achieved prior to the tragic accident in 2010. Our investment to date has been largely focused on mine restoration and the implementation of measures designed to ensure safe working conditions. The underground mine is now operating with two longwalls and the production plan envisages the commissioning of two additional longwalls in 2014. Overall, Raspadskaya expects to increase its output of raw coking coal by up to 40% to 11 million tonnes in 2014.

We commissioned the new coking coal mine Yerunakovskaya VIII in February 2013 ahead of schedule and on budget with nameplate capacity of 3 million tonnes of semi-hard coking coal at mined raw coal cash costs of less than US$40/t -- one of the lowest among CIS coal mines. The mine, with an estimated life span of approximately 63 years, was fully ramped up with effect from February 2014.

Looking to the future and given the current tough coking coal market, our mine portfolio optimisation programme will result in the growth of capacity at low cost mines which will replace the high cost operations, thereby enabling a further decrease in blended cash costs.

We have undertaken to execute only the first stage of our greenfield Mezhegey project involving a limited cash commitment. However, Mezhegey is one of the key drivers of our long-term plan to develop EVRAZ's coking coal base and possesses the potential to become a reliable, quality coal, export-oriented operation.

Steel

In the steel segment we enjoy the benefit of owning high quality steel assets with strong market positions in multiple geographies and product lines.

As the market leader in the Russian construction long product market and the leading manufacturer of rails in Russia and North America we are intent on continuing to improve our product mix through selective investments. For example, the successful launch of the rail mill at EVRAZ ZSMK in 2013 following a major modernisation programme allows us to produce premium head hardened rails, including 100 metre rails suitable for high speed railways. In order to strengthen our global leadership in rail production, we are also progressing a rail mill project in EVRAZ North America which will allow us to improve rail quality, increase the mill's capacity and expand technical customer support and product development. The modernisation programme is proceeding as planned with project completion expected in mid-2014.

EVRAZ NTMK sustainably improved its profitability in 2013 as a result of the implementation of Pulverised Coal Injection (PCI) technology which led to reductions in the consumption of natural gas and coke of 42% and 22% respectively, accompanied by an increase in pig iron production capacity of 100,000 tonnes per annum. Based on this positive experience we have been adopting PCI technology at our second steelmaking plant in Russia, EVRAZ ZSMK, despite some delays.

The fundamental advantage enjoyed by EVRAZ North America is the geographical location of the facilities in the western part of the USA and Canada, regions that are light in steel production but well exposed to demand from the oil and gas industry and premium rail infrastructure customers. EVRAZ's focus on research and development strengthens the portfolio of high value-added rail and tubular products, thereby safeguarding our dominant market positions.

Vanadium

The processing operations of EVRAZ NTMK benefit from its ability to utilise the proprietary technology and vanadium rich iron ore produced by EVRAZ KGOK located nearby. Due to the nature of EVRAZ's iron ore assets and its ownership of vanadium processing facilities we will continue to be a major player in the global vanadium market.

Dividends and dividend policy

The directors recommend a dividend of 6 cents per share to be consistent with their intention of distributing, where appropriate, a proportion of the margin on disposals as dividends, and as an indication of confidence in the Company's position. The US$90.4 million represents the approximate cash portion of the proceeds from the sale of EVRAZ Vitkovice Steel, leaving US$196.6 million for the reduction of debt.

Going forward, the dividend policy has been revised to support the financial strategy of deleveraging and envisages that the regular dividends will be paid only when the net leverage (net debt/EBITDA) target of below 3.0x is achieved. The Board reserves the right to propose special dividends in the event of asset disposals.

Update on Ukrainian situation

The geopolitical developments around Ukraine could have an impact on our operations, as we have assets both in Ukraine and Russia. However, to date our operations have not been adversely affected. We will update the market as appropriate.

Outlook

2014 has started mildly positively in most regional steel markets - long steel volumes in Russia are picking up fuelled by the start of the construction season, prices for railway products are stable, while the severe winter in North America is pushing prices higher. There have been also growth in prices for our semi-finished products in Asian markets.

However, certain risks remain, in particular the growth of seaborne supply of steelmaking raw materials over the medium term and geopolitical risks. Management's response to potential continued volatility in markets consists of comprehensive cost cutting programmes, deleveraging and the disciplined development of growth options in order to be well prepared for the next upturn of the cycle.

Overall, taking into account market conditions and management's initiatives, the Board is comfortable with expectations for the year.

Alexander Frolov

Chief Executive Officer

EVRAZ plc

Financial Review

Giacomo Baizini, Chief Financial Officer, commented: "Management's focus on the cost optimisation, disposal and closure of structurally unprofitable assets and free cash flow generation to achieve the debt reduction started to bear the fruits in 2013. Despite challenging market environment, we managed to decrease the cost of revenue, achieve solid positive free cash flow and demonstrate healthy debt management results."

Overview

As a result of the challenging conditions in the market for steel and steelmaking raw materials, the Company recorded a net loss of US$572 million for 2013, compared to a net loss of US$425 million in 2012. Falling prices in 2013 caused revenue to decline by 2.1% to US$14,411 million; consequently EBITDA decreased by 10% to US$1,821 million.

Free cash flow for the period was positive at US$458 million, however net debt increased by 2.5% to $6,534 million, as a result of the consolidation of Raspadskaya's debt. As of today we have no debt with maintenance covenants that require testing prior to 30 June 2014.

As of 31 December 2013, the Company's cash and short-term deposits amounted to US$1,611 million, compared to short-term debt of US$1,893 million. The Company has already started to work on refinancing the major maturities due in the second half of 2014.

Corporate developments

In January 2013, we completed the acquisition of a controlling interest in the Raspadskaya coal company for US$964 million, a transaction which was primarily financed by equity accompanied bya US$202 million cash component payable in equal quarterly instalments ending on 15 January 2014.

In addition, in April 2013 we acquired a 51% stake in Timir, a joint-venture with Alrosa (the shareholder agreement gives joint control), created for the development of major iron ore deposits in Yakutia, Russia, for RUB4,950 million (ca. US$159 million) payable in quarterly instalments until 15 July 2014.

In 2013, in line with our mining asset optimisation programme, we disposed of EVRAZ VGOK iron ore and processing plant for a US$20 million cash consideration; of a number of Evrazruda's iron ore assets and utilities companies for a total cash consideration of approximately US$306,000; and of the Gramoteinskaya thermal coal mine for a RUB10,000 cash consideration.

As part of a strategic realignment of our asset base, the Group was proceeding with disposals of EVRAZ Highveld Steel and Vanadium and the EVRAZ Vitkovice Steel operations initiated at the end of 2012. Accordingly these assets were accounted for as assets held for sale at the end of the period. The Company completed the sale of EVRAZ Vitkovice Steel on 3 April 2014 for a consideration of US$89 million adjustable for the actual level of the working capital. In addition the buyers assumed US$198 million of debt liabilities, including the repayment of US$128 million of EVRAZ's inter-company debt. The sale of EVRAZ Highveld Steel and Vanadium is expected to be completed in 2014.

In addition, in 2013 the Company suspended operations at EVRAZ Claymont Steel and EVRAZ Palini e Bertoli, which had a certain impact on our financial results.

Statement of Operations

 
 Revenues 
 (US$ million) 
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 Segment                2013      2012    Change   Relative change 
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 Steel                12,541    13,543   (1,002)            (7.4)% 
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 Mining                3,120     2,650       470             17.7% 
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 Vanadium                550       520        30              5.8% 
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 Other operations        928     1,046     (118)           (11.3)% 
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 Eliminations        (2,728)   (3,033)       305           (10.1)% 
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 Total                14,411    14,726     (315)            (2.1)% 
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Group revenues for 2013 decreased by 2.1% to US$14,411 million, with revenues from the Group's steel segment amounting to US$12,541 million or 87% of total Group's revenue.

Steel sales volumes slightly increased to 15.5 million tones compared to 15.3 million tonnes in 2012. The decline in revenues was largely due to a decrease in prices, in line with the general negative trend in steel pricing. Average Steel segment revenue per tonne decreased by 8.6% in 2013 compared to 2012 reflecting weak market environment.

Steel revenues were also impacted by changes in the Group's product mix during 2013 due to the suspension of operations of EVRAZ Claymont Steel and EVRAZ Palini e Bertoli and closure of EVRAZ ZSMK plate rolling mill. While sales volumes of flat-rolled steel products declined, a part of semi-finished production was switched from internal consumption to external sales.

Mining revenues increased by 17.7% to US$3,120 million in the period, compared to US$2,650 million in 2012. The growth in revenues was primarily the result of the consolidation of Raspadskaya.

 
 Revenue by region 
  (US$ million) 
 
 Region                 2013     2012   Change   Relative change 
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 Russia                6,136    6,191     (55)            (0.9)% 
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 Americas              3,242    3,571    (329)            (9.2)% 
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 Asia                  2,062    2,115     (53)            (2.5)% 
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 Europe                1,385    1,450     (65)            (4.5)% 
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 CIS                   1,175      996      179             18.0% 
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 Africa                  404      397        7              1.8% 
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 Rest of the world         7        6        1             16.7% 
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 Total                14,411   14,726    (315)            (2.1)% 
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 EBITDA 
 (US$ million) 
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 Segment              2013    2012   Change   Relative change 
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 Steel               1,329   1,338      (9)            (0.7%) 
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 Mining                646     625       21              3.4% 
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 Vanadium               19    (19)       38          (200.0%) 
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 Other operations      110     189     (79)           (41.8%) 
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 Unallocated         (226)   (199)     (27)             13.6% 
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 Eliminations         (57)      93    (150)          (161.3%) 
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 Total               1,821   2,027    (206)           (10.2%) 
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Steel segment EBITDA in 2013 is slightly lower than in 2012 as a result of declining prices for all steel products all over the world, partly offset by lower raw material prices.

Mining EBITDA was positively impacted by additional coking coal sales volumes, contributed by the consolidation of Raspadskaya. This factor was partly offset by falling prices for coal and iron ore products.

The increase in Vanadium EBITDA largely reflected the recovery in prices of vanadium in alloys and chemicals.

The decrease in the Other operations segment EBITDA is mainly attributable to the disposal of our transportation subsidiary Evraztrans at the end of 2012.

Eliminations mostly reflect unrealised profits or losses of the Mining segment in transactions with the subsidiaries relating to the Steel segment. In 2012, the amounts were positive due to high levels of intersegment inventory at the end of 2011 which were realised during the year. In 2013, there was an increase in the balances of steel products, which included higher margins of mining subsidiaries, and this led to a deduction from the sum total of all segments EBITDA to arrive at the realised consolidated EBITDA.

 
 Cost of revenues, expenses and results 
 (US$ million) 
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 Item                                                           2013       2012   Change   Relative change 
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 Cost of revenue                                            (11,468)   (11,803)      335            (2.8%) 
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 Gross profit                                                  2,943      2,923       20              0.7% 
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 Selling and distribution costs                              (1,183)    (1,211)       28            (2.3%) 
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 General and administrative expenses                           (877)      (839)     (38)              4.5% 
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 Impairment of assets                                          (446)      (413)     (33)              8.0% 
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 Foreign exchange gains/(losses), net                          (258)       (41)    (217)            529.3% 
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 Other operating income and expenses, net                      (160)      (161)        1            (0.6%) 
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 Profit from operations                                           19        258    (239)           (92.6%) 
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 Interest expense, net                                         (676)      (631)     (45)              7.1% 
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 Gain/(loss) on financial assets and liabilities, net           (43)        164    (207)          (126.2%) 
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 Gain on disposal group classified as held for sale, net        (25)         18     (43)          (238.9%) 
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 Other non-operating gains/(losses), net                         112        (5)      117               n/a 
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 Loss before tax                                               (613)      (196)    (417)            212.8% 
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 Income tax benefit/(expense)                                     41      (229)      270               n/a 
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 Net loss                                                      (572)      (425)    (147)             34.6% 
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The Group's cost of revenue decreased by 2.8% to US$11,468 million in 2013 compared with US$11,803 million in 2012. This was mostly due to a 12% fall in raw material costs and a 16% reduction in depreciation charges which, in turn, were partially offset by higher staff costs and services purchased.

The consolidation of Raspadskaya in 2013 added US$463 million to cost of revenues, while decreasing the expense on coking coal by US$93 million.

A detailed breakdown of the cost of revenue as follows:

 
 (US$ million) 
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                                               % of                 % of 
             Item                  2013     revenue    2012*     revenue   Change   Relative change 
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 Revenue                         14,411               14,726                (315)              (2)% 
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 Cost of revenue                 11,468         80%   11,803         80%    (335)              (3%) 
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   Raw materials, incl.           3,539         25%    4,026         27%    (487)             (12%) 
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          Iron ore                  787          6%      681          5%      106               16% 
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          Coking coal               640          4%    1,028          7%    (388)             (38%) 
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          Scrap                   1,333          9%    1,570         11%    (237)             (15%) 
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          Other raw materials       779          6%      747          4%       32                4% 
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   Semi-finished products           456          3%      485          3%     (29)              (6%) 
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   Auxiliary materials            1,027          7%      983          7%       44                4% 
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   Services                         736          5%      666          5%       70               11% 
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   Goods for resale                 678          5%      652          4%       26                4% 
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   Transportation                   836          6%      787          5%       49                6% 
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   Staff costs                    1,940         13%    1,743         12%      197               11% 
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   Depreciation                     919          6%    1,100          7%    (181)             (16%) 
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   Electricity                      633          4%      574          4%       59               10% 
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   Natural gas                      405          3%      416          3%     (11)              (3%) 
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   Other costs                      299          3%      371          3%     (72)             (19%) 
------------------------------  -------  ----------  -------  ----------  -------  ---------------- 
 

*There are some differences in figures for 2012 published in the previous annual report due to adjustments in pension liability accruals and minor corrections of intersegment eliminations between cost items

The cost of raw materials, the largest single cost item, decreased by US$487 million in 2013 driven mostly by lower coking coal and scrap costs which fell by US$388 million and US$237 million respectively. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in iron ore costs by US$106 million mainly due to lower intragroup sales resulting from the EVRAZ VGOK disposal in September 2013 and closure of the Irba mine at Evrazruda. The reduction in coking coal costs in 2013 was attributable to reduction in the price of purchased coking coal, consolidation of Raspadskaya (US$93 million) and lower volumes of coking coal purchased from the market following the disposal of the Ukrainian coking plant DKHZ in 2012 (US$84 million). A decrease in scrap costs was primarily due to lower volumes of purchases from third parties in North America, in addition to lower prices in Russia and North America. EVRAZ has also implemented operational improvement plans that resulted in optimisation of yields at the Russian steel mills.

The costs for semi-finished products fell by 6% primarily due to lower prices and lower consumption of pig iron by EVRAZ Vitkovice Steel as a result of lower production volumes.

Auxiliary material costs increased by 4%, or US$44 million, due to the consolidation of Raspadskaya, which accounted for US$115 million of additional costs, which was offset primarily by the effect from cost optimisation programmes.

Expenditure on services increased by 11%, or US$70 million, primarily as a result of the consolidation of Raspadskaya which added US$38 million and higher volumes of coal processed at third party coal washing facilities which increased costs by US$33 million.

The cost of goods for resale increased by 4%, or by US$26 million. The increase of US$36 million is due to the purchase by EVRAZ Metal Inprom, the Company's retail trading arm, of more third party products to meet customer demand.

Transportation costs increased by 6%, or by US$49 million, due to the consolidation of Raspadskaya which added US$45 million in costs.

Staff costs increased by 11%, or by US$197 million, due to the consolidation of Raspadskaya, which was responsible for US$133 million of the rise, and higher wages at the Group's ongoing operations, which rose in accordance with collective bargaining agreements. The increase in staff costs was partially offset by the personnel optimisation programme.

Total depreciation, depletion and amortisation in cost of goods sold amounted to US$919 million in 2013 compared to US$1,100 million in 2012. The depletion charge was significantly reduced in 2013 compared to 2012, from US$467 million to US$194 million despite a US$32 million charge due to the Raspadskaya acquisition in January 2013. The decrease in the depletion expense was caused by the revision and detailing of mining plans as part of the independent JORC valuations performed during the year. The overall mining plans for ore bodies with extraction plans going beyond 40-100 years were disaggregated into separate components of proved and probable reserves that are excluded from the calculation of the depletion charge until actual production begins. This resulted in a better matching of the current depletion charge with the estimated costs of extraction. The decrease was partially offset by consolidation of Raspadskaya (US$109 million).

Electricity costs increased by 10%, or by US$59 million, due to higher electricity prices across all regions and higher consumption of electricity by Russian operations, partially compensated by implementation of operational improvements. Natural gas expenditure, on the contrary, decreased by 3%, or by US$11 million due to operational improvements resulting in reduced consumption of gas by the Russian and Ukrainian operations, including lower consumption at EVRAZ NTMK following the implementation of the PCI technology.

Other costs include taxes, change in WIP and finished goods, and minor items of energy costs. The decrease in other costs in 2013 by 19% is mostly driven by increase in stock of WIP and finished goods.

Selling and distribution expenses were 2.3% lower than in 2012 mainly due to suspension of amortisation of intangibles for assets classified as held for sale and the lower volumes of long distance sales that were partially offset by Raspadskaya consolidation.

General and administrative expenses were 4.5% higher than in 2012 mainly due to Raspadskaya consolidation (which accounted for 6.6% of total general and administrative expenses for 2013) that was partially offset by disposal of EVRAZ VGOK in October 2013 and reduction of expenses at Evrazruda and EVRAZ Highveld Steel and Vanadium as a result of significant cost saving initiatives.

Impairment loss of US$(446) million consisted mostly of a US$(326) million impairment of assets of EVRAZ Claymont Steel suspended due to soft demand in the market and US$(96) million relating to several mines of Yuzhkuzbassugol, where the production plans were revised, and other mines of Yuzhkuzbassugol (Kusheyakovskaya, Abashevskaya and Gramoteinskaya) standing idle.

Foreign exchange losses increased from a US$(41) million loss in 2012 to a US$(258) million loss in 2013. This, in large part, is due to the currency fluctuations in respect of intra-group debts between subsidiaries with different functional currencies. Since there is no IFRS concept of a Group's functional currency, gains/(losses) of one subsidiary recognised in the Statement of Operations are not offset with the exchange differences of another subsidiary with a different functional currency and thus these amounts cannot be eliminated on a consolidated level.

Interest expenses incurred by the Group have fallen steadily over the last two years as a result of the refinancing of debt at lower interest rates on a comparative basis. The increase in interest expenses from US$654 million in 2012 to US$699 million in 2013 is mostly caused by the consolidation of Raspadskaya (US$42 million).

In accordance with IFRS 3 "Business Combinations" with regard to a business combination achieved in stages, the acquirer shall remeasure its previously held equity interest in the acquiree at its acquisition-date fair value and recognise the resulting gain or loss in the income statement. In 2013 the Group recorded a US$89 million gain on derecognition of the equity interest related to equity interest in Raspadskaya ($94 million) and MediaHolding Provincia ($(5) million loss) held before the business combinations.

Losses on financial assets and liabilities amounted to US$(43) million and comprised mostly unrealised losses of US$(106) million and realised gains of $51 million on the change in the fair value of derivatives - currency and interest rate swaps for the rouble-denominated bonds.

The Company had an income tax benefit of only US$41 million, notwithstanding a loss before tax of US$(613) million. This was mostly due to losses at certain subsidiaries that could not be offset against profits of other subsidiaries, as well as the fact that some expenses are not deductible for tax purposes.

Cash flow

 
 Cash Flow 
 (US$ million) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Item                                                                      2013       2012    Change   Relative change 
---------------------------------------------------------------------  --------  ---------  --------  ---------------- 
 Cash flows from operating activities before change in working 
  capital                                                                 1,535      1,733     (198)           (11.4)% 
---------------------------------------------------------------------  --------  ---------  --------  ---------------- 
 Changes in working capital                                                 365        410      (45)            (11.0) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------  --------  ---------  --------  ---------------- 
 Net cash flows from operating activities                                 1,900      2,143     (243)           (11.3)% 
---------------------------------------------------------------------  --------  ---------  --------  ---------------- 
 Short-term deposits at banks, including interest                           677      (656)     1,333               n/m 
---------------------------------------------------------------------  --------  ---------  --------  ---------------- 
 Purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets         (902)    (1,261)       359           (28.5)% 
---------------------------------------------------------------------  --------  ---------  --------  ---------------- 
 Other investing activities                                                (39)        373     (412)               n/m 
---------------------------------------------------------------------  --------  ---------  --------  ---------------- 
 Net cash flows from / (used in) investing activities                     (264)    (1,544)     1,280           (82.9)% 
---------------------------------------------------------------------  --------  ---------  --------  ---------------- 
 Net cash flows from / (used in) financing activities                   (1,367)       (42)   (1,325)          3,154.8% 
---------------------------------------------------------------------  --------  ---------  --------  ---------------- 
 Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents      (48)         32      (80)               n/m 
---------------------------------------------------------------------  --------  ---------  --------  ---------------- 
 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents                                  221        589     (368)           (62.5)% 
---------------------------------------------------------------------  --------  ---------  --------  ---------------- 
 

Cash flows from operating activities before changes in working capital fell by 11.4% in 2013 to US$1,535 million reflecting lower product prices compared to 2012.

In 2013, US$365 million were released from working capital reflecting lower prices of the Company's products, better inventory management and debts collection efforts.

Free cash flow for the period was a positive US$458 million.

 
 Calculation of Free Cash Flow 
  (US$ million) 
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 Item                                                                                            2013 
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 EBITDA                                                                                         1,821 
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 Non-cash items                                                                                  (37) 
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 EBITDA (excluding non-cash items)                                                              1,784 
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 Changes in working capital                                                                       365 
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 Income tax paid                                                                                (249) 
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 Net Cash flows from operating activities                                                       1,900 
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 Interest and similar payments                                                                  (501) 
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 Capital expenditure                                                                            (902) 
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 Purchases of subsidiaries (net of cash acquired) and interests in associates/joint ventures     (30) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 Proceeds from sale of disposal groups classified as held for sale, net of transaction costs        1 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 Other cash flows from investing activities                                                      (10) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 Free Cash Flow*                                                                                  458 
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* Please refer to Appendix 3

Capex and key projects

In 2013, we reduced our total capital expenditure to US$902 million compared to US$1,261 million in 2012 as a result of a comprehensive review of the Company's investment programme. In 2013, we finalised the modernisation of the rail mill at EVRAZ ZSMK, commissioned the Yerunakovskaya VIII coking coal mine and saw our PCI project at EVRAZ NTMK become fully operational. We also made good progress with the Mezhegey Phase I and the Vostochny rolling mill projects, while the Yuzhny rolling mill project was put on hold in light of the current market environment.

A summary of our capital expenditure for 2013 in millions of USD is as follows:

 
 Construction of Yerunakovskaya VIII mine     66   Ramp-up completed in Q1 2014. Production of 3 million tonnes of raw 
                                                   coking coal per annum 
------------------------------------------  ----  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Mezhegey (Phase I)                           54   First batches of coal mined. Ramp-up to be completed by 2016. 
                                                   Capacity of 1.5 mtpa 
------------------------------------------  ----  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 EVRAZ ZSMK rail mill modernisation           46   Ramp-up largely completed. Obtained certification for head hardened 
                                                   rails. Rail mill capacity 
                                                   increased to 950 ktpa 
------------------------------------------  ----  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 PCI at EVRAZ ZSMK                            43   Reduction of coke and natural gas consumption in blast furnaces. To 
                                                   be launched in Q3 2014 
------------------------------------------  ----  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Vostochny Rolling Mill (Kazakhstan)          42   Hot tests commenced in Q1 2014. Production capacity of 450 ktpa of 
                                                   long steel products 
------------------------------------------  ----  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Other development projects                  192 
------------------------------------------  ----  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Maintenance                                 459 
------------------------------------------  ----  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Total                                       902 
------------------------------------------  ----  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 

Financing and liquidity

We started 2013 with total debt of US$8,440 million. This number does not include the debt of Raspadskaya of US$558 million which was consolidated from 16 January 2013. Due to favourable capital markets conditions in the first half of 2013 we issued a 7-year US$1 billion Eurobond with a record-low coupon of 6.50%. The proceeds were used to refinance rouble bonds of approximately US$399 million and prepay the outstanding balance of US$759 million of the US$950 million syndicated pre-export facility, whose original final maturity was in November 2015. Later in the year, we also used some excess liquidity coming from the Eurobond and operating cash flows to repay a number of shorter term facilities, including a US$150 million bank loan at Raspadskaya.

As a result of these actions, total debt decreased by US$274 million to US$8,166 million as at 31 December 2013, while our net debt increased by US$158 million to US$6,534 million at 31 December 2013 compared to US$6,376 million as at 31 December 2012. Interest expense accrued in respect of loans, bonds and notes was US$617 million for 2013, compared to US$588 million for 2012.

Following the syndicated loan repayment, the remaining debt having maintenance financial covenants comprises only a few bilateral facilities totalling approximately US$260 million. In view of the continuing uncertainty, in June 2013 we agreed with the lenders to suspend financial covenants testing as at 30 June 2013 and as at 31 December 2013. These covenants include only two key ratios calculated on the basis of Evraz Group S.A.'s consolidated financials: a maximum net leverage and a minimum EBITDA interest cover. The ratios will be tested again starting from 30 June 2014 with the levels of 3.5x and 3.0x respectively.

The risk of breaching financial covenants based on the consolidated figures as at 30 June 2014 and as at 31 December 2014 remains in place. However, management believes that, if necessary, it will be possible to agree with the lending banks and export credit agencies (ECAs) either to further suspend the testing of the financial covenants, or to amend the levels so that the risk of breach is removed. These negotiations may be held in parallel to negotiations on a potential new pre-export financing. Our Eurobond covenants currently do not limit our ability to refinance EVRAZ's consolidated indebtedness.

Our cash and deposits on 31 December 2013 amounted to US$1,611 million and our short-term debt on December 2013 stood at US$1,893 million.

Restatement of 2012 Financial Statements

As reported in presenting our semi-annual accounts we identified a classification error in the 2012 annual financial statements which related to foreign exchange movements attributable to certain subsidiaries disposed of in 2012. These foreign exchange losses had not been recycled from the equity reserve back through the statement of operations, as required by the relevant accounting standard. The error represents a one-off non-cash item, does not affect 2012 EBITDA, CAPEX, free cash flow, or net assets of the Company, and does not have an impact on the measurement of any of the group's covenants. For more details, please refer to Note 2 of the Financial statements.

IAS 19 "Employee Benefits", which was revised in 2011 and became effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013, introduced full recognition of defined benefit obligations in the statement of financial position whereas under the previous standard we accounted for a part of the obligation relating to unrealized actuarial gains/losses under the corridor approach. The revised standard also changed the accounting for certain components of defined benefit obligations. The comparatives for the annual results have been restated to reflect this revision to the standard and for further details see Note 2 of the consolidated financial statements.

Dividends

The directors recommend a dividend of 6 cents per share to be consistent with their intention of distributing, where appropriate, a proportion of the margin on disposals as dividends, and as an indication of confidence in the Company's position. The US$90.4 million represents the approximate cash portion of the proceeds from the sale of EVRAZ Vitkovice Steel, leaving US$196.6 million for the reduction of debt.

Going forward, the dividend policy has been revised to support the financial strategy of deleveraging and envisages that the regular dividends will be paid only when the net leverage (net debt/EBITDA) target of below 3.0x is achieved. The Board reserves the right to propose special dividends in the event of asset disposals. The Board reserves the right to propose special dividends in case of asset disposals.

Giacomo Baizini

Chief Financial Officer

EVRAZ plc

Review of operATIONS by SEGMENT

STEEL

Sales review

 
 Steel Segment Revenues 
                              Year ended 31 December 
                       ------------------------------- 
                            2013       2012     Change 
---------------------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 To third parties         12,432     13,333     (6.8)% 
---------------------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 To mining segment            80        129    (38.0)% 
---------------------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 To vanadium segment           3          2      50.0% 
---------------------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 To other operations          26         79    (67.1)% 
---------------------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 Total Steel segment      12,541     13,543     (7.4)% 
---------------------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 
 
 Steel Segment Revenues by Products 
                                                              Year ended 31 December 
                            ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
                                             2013                                  2012*                   2013 v 2012 
                            -------------------------------------  -------------------------------------  ------------ 
                                  US$          % of total segment        US$          % of total segment 
                              million                     revenue    million                     revenue      % change 
--------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ------------ 
 Steel products, external 
  sales                        11,476                       91.5%     12,298                       90.8%        (6.7)% 
--------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ------------ 
  Semi-finished 
   products(1)                  2,028                       16.2%      2,066                       15.3%        (1.8)% 
--------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ------------ 
  Construction products(2)      4,157                       33.0%      4,335                       32.0%        (4.1)% 
--------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ------------ 
  Railway products(3)           1,791                       14.3%      1,751                       12.9%          2.3% 
--------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ------------ 
  Flat-rolled products(4)       1,776                       14.2%      2,321                       17.1%       (23.5)% 
--------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ------------ 
  Tubular products(5)           1,299                       10.4%      1,364                       10.1%        (4.8)% 
--------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ------------ 
  Other steel products(6)         425                        3.4%        461                        3.4%        (7.8)% 
--------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ------------ 
 Steel products, 
  intersegment sales               46                        0.4%         51                        0.4%        (9.8)% 
--------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ------------ 
 Other revenues(7)              1,019                        8.1%      1,194                        8.8%       (14.7)% 
--------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ------------ 
 Total                         12,541                      100.0%     13,543                      100.0%        (7.4)% 
--------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ------------ 
 

* The figures for 2012 differ from those published in FY2012 press release due to reclassification of sales by EVRAZ North America

(1) Includes billets, slabs, pig iron, pipe blanks and other semi-finished products

(2) Includes rebars, wire rods, wire, beams, channels and angles

(3) Includes rail, wheels, tyres and other railway products

(4) Includes commodity plate, specialty plate and other flat-rolled products

(5) Includes large diameter line pipes, ERW pipes and casing, seamless pipes, casing and tubing, other tubular products

(6) Includes rounds, grinding balls, mine uprights and strips

(7) Includes coke and coking products, refractory products, ferroalloys, scrap, energy, services and Mapochs mine's iron ore fines

 
 Sales Volumes of Steel Segment 
 ('000 tonnes)                               Full year to 31 December 
                                  -------  --------------------------- 
                                     2013          2012         Change 
--------------------------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
 Steel products, external sales    15,539        15,292           1.6% 
--------------------------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
  Semi-finished products            4,013         3,636          10.4% 
--------------------------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
  Construction products             5,731         5,658           1.3% 
--------------------------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
  Railway products                  1,929         1,843           4.7% 
--------------------------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
  Flat-rolled products              2,358         2,725        (13.5)% 
--------------------------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
  Tubular products                    939           879           6.8% 
--------------------------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
  Other steel products                569           551           3.3% 
--------------------------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
 Intersegment sales                    60           115        (47.8)% 
--------------------------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
 Total                             15,599        15,407           1.2% 
--------------------------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
 
 
 Geographic Breakdown of External Steel Products' Sales 
                         US$ million                      000 t 
                ----------------------------  ---------------------------- 
                   2013     2012   Change, %     2013     2012   Change, % 
--------------  -------  -------  ----------  -------  -------  ---------- 
 Russia           4,835    5,128      (5.7)%    6,575    6,570        0.1% 
--------------  -------  -------  ----------  -------  -------  ---------- 
 Americas         2,919    3,254     (10.3)%    2,764    2,746        0.7% 
--------------  -------  -------  ----------  -------  -------  ---------- 
 Asia             1,638    1,895     (13.6)%    3,151    3,249      (3.0)% 
--------------  -------  -------  ----------  -------  -------  ---------- 
 Europe             921    1,006      (8.4)%    1,476    1,450        1.8% 
--------------  -------  -------  ----------  -------  -------  ---------- 
 CIS                803      645       24.5%    1,065      802       32.8% 
--------------  -------  -------  ----------  -------  -------  ---------- 
 Africa & RoW       360      370      (2.7)%      508      475        6.9% 
--------------  -------  -------  ----------  -------  -------  ---------- 
 Total           11,476   12,298      (6.7)%   15,539   15,292        1.6% 
--------------  -------  -------  ----------  -------  -------  ---------- 
 

The Steel segment's revenues decreased by 7.4% to US$12,541 million in 2013 compared to US$13,543 million in 2012, which was largely a result of lower steel product prices during the period.

Revenues from sales of semi-finished products decreased due to a significantly lower price level in spite of growth in sales volumes by 10.4%, which reflected the changes in Group product mix. Sales volumes of flat-rolled steel products declined while the part of semi-finished production was switched from internal consumption to external sales.

Railway products revenues grew as a result of higher sales volumes after modernisation of EVRAZ ZSMK's rail mill in spite of lower sales prices for railway products which slightly fell down in 2013 compared to 2012.

Revenues from tubular product sales decreased in 2013 as a result of significantly lower market prices in spite of growth in sales volumes.

Revenues from construction products sales decreased by 4.1% as a result of reduced prices at the domestic Russian market whereas sales volumes slightly increased by 1.3% in 2013.

Flat rolled product revenues in 2013 were significantly lower than in 2012 due to lower prices and volumes. Prices of flat rolled products were particularly impacted by continuing economic stagnation in the Eurozone and shrinking spreads between the finished and semi-finished products in the USA.

Revenues from other steel products decreased by 7.8% in 2013 compared to 2012 as a result of significantly lower prices.

Lower revenues from sales in Russia, which accounted for 42% of external steel sales, were mainly attributable to lower prices, whereas sales volumes were stable compared year to year.

MINING

Sales review

 
 Mining Segment Revenues 
 (US$ million)             Year ended 31 December 
                        --------------------------- 
                           2013     2012     Change 
----------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
 To third parties         1,205      635      89.8% 
----------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
 To steel segment         1,894    1,973     (4.0)% 
----------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
 To other operations         21       42    (50.0)% 
----------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
 Total Mining segment     3,120    2,650      17.7% 
----------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
 
 
 Mining Segment Revenues by Products 
                                                      Year ended 31 December 
                       ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                      2013                               2012                  2013 v 2012 
                       ---------------------------------  ----------------------------------  ------------ 
                                      % of total segment                  % of total segment 
                        US$ million              revenue   US$ million               revenue      % change 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
 External sales 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Iron ore products*            389                12.5%           347                 13.1%         12.1% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Iron ore 
   concentrate                    -                    -             2                  0.1%      (100.0)% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Sinter                         11                 0.4%            13                  0.5%       (15.4)% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Pellets                       143                 4.6%           137                  5.2%          4.4% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Other                         235                 7.5%           195                  7.3%         20.5% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Coal products                 732                23.5%           211                  8.0%        246.9% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Raw coking coal                47                 1.5%             8                  0.3%        487.5% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Coking coal 
   concentrate                  616                19.7%            96                  3.6%        541.7% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Raw steam coal                 64                 2.1%            36                  1.4%         77.8% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Steam coal 
   concentrate                    5                 0.2%            71                  2.7%       (93.0)% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
 Intersegment sales 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Iron ore products           1,198                38.4%         1,377                 52.0%       (13.0)% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Iron ore 
   concentrate                  442                14.2%           492                 18.6%       (10.2)% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Sinter                        286                 9.2%           392                 14.8%       (27.0)% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Pellets                       470                15.0%           493                 18.6%        (4.7)% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Coal products                 649                20.8%           580                 21.9%         11.9% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Raw coking coal               154                 4.9%           102                  3.8%         51.0% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Coking coal 
   concentrate                  495                15.9%           457                 17.3%          8.3% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
  Raw steam coal                  -                    -            21                  0.8%      (100.0)% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
 Other revenues**               152                 4.8%           135                  5.0%         12.6% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
 Total                        3,120               100.0%         2,650                100.0%         17.7% 
---------------------  ------------  -------------------  ------------  --------------------  ------------ 
 
 

(*) External sales of iron ore produced at the Mapochs mine, part of EVRAZ Highveld, are accounted for in the Steel segment

(**) Includes crushed stone

 
 Sales Volumes of Mining Segment 
 ('000 tonnes) 
                                      2013     2012     Change 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
 External sales 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Iron ore products                  4,371    3,900      12.1% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Iron ore concentrate                   2       22    (90.9)% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Sinter                               108      111     (2.7)% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Pellets                            1,257    1,201       4.7% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Other                              3,004    2,566      17.1% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Coal products                      8,189    2,189     274.1% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Raw coking coal                      784      162     384.0% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Coking coal concentrate            6,133      701     774.9% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Raw steam coal                     1,220      729      67.4% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Steam coal concentrate                52      597    (91.3)% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
 Intersegment sales 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Iron ore products*                13,463   14,737     (8.6)% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Iron ore concentrate               4,701    5,565    (15.5)% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Sinter                             3,724    4,295    (13.3)% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Pellets                            5,038    4,872       3.4% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Other                                  -        5   (100.0)% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Coal products                      7,185    5,376      33.6% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Raw coking coal                    2,602    1,439      80.8% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Coking coal concentrate            4,579    3,285      39.4% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Raw steam coal                         -      652   (100.0)% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
  Steam coal concentrate                 4        -        n/a 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
 Total, iron ore products*          17,834   18,637     (4.3)% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
 Total, coal products               15,374    7,565     103.2% 
---------------------------------  -------  -------  --------- 
 

* External sales of iron ore produced at the Mapochs mine, part of EVRAZ Highveld, are accounted for in the Steel segment

Total mining segment revenues increased by 17.7% to US$3,120 million in 2013 compared to US$2,650 million in 2012, primarily as a result of additional volumes from the consolidation of Raspadskaya in January 2013, which offset the decrease in iron ore and coking coal prices.

External sales volumes of iron ore products increased by 12.1% in 2013 compared to 2012, driven by higher volumes from EVRAZ Sukha Balka. Intersegment sales volumes decreased by 8.6% as a result of disposal of EVRAZ VGOK in October 2013. The closure of the Irba mine at Evrazruda also contributed to lower iron ore volumes being supplied to the Steel segment.

External sales volumes of coal products increased in 2013 by 274.1% due to an additional 4 million tonnes of coking coal concentrate from Raspadskaya and higher sales of coking coal concentrate after involvement of the second longwalls at Alardinskaya and start of production from Yerunakovskaya VIII. Steam coal volumes decreased by 4% as a result of stem coal production optimisation in 2013.

In 2013, Mining segment sales to the Steel segment amounted to US$1,894 million and 60.7% of sales, compared to US$1,973 million and 74.5% of sales in 2012. The lower share of sales to the Steel segment reflects the additional coal volumes sold to market from Raspadskaya.

During the period, approximately 68% and 80% of EVRAZ's respective iron ore and coking consumption were satisfied by the Group's own operations compared with 74% and 70% (including coal from Raspadskaya) in 2012.

Third party sales of coal products by the Mining segment to customers in Russia in 2013 increased to approximately 53% of total external sales of coal products compared to 2012. The increase is primarily attributable to the consolidation of Raspadskaya in 2013. Approximately 55% of external sales of Raspadskaya in 2013 were to customers in Russia.

VANADIUM

Sales review

 
 Vanadium Segment Revenues 
  (US$ million) 
                                 Year ended 31 December 
                          ------------------------------- 
                              2013      2012       Change 
------------------------  --------  --------  ----------- 
 To third parties              529       505         4.8% 
------------------------  --------  --------  ----------- 
 To steel segment               21        15        40.0% 
------------------------  --------  --------  ----------- 
 Total Vanadium segment        550       520         5.8% 
------------------------  --------  --------  ----------- 
 
 
 Vanadium Segment Revenues by Products 
                                                             Year ended 31 December 
                          -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                           2013                                    2012                    2013 v 2012 
                          --------------------------------------  --------------------------------------  ------------ 
                                              % of total segment                      % of total segment 
                           US$ million                   revenue   US$ million                   revenue      % change 
------------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 External sales 
------------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
  Vanadium products                523                     95.1%           496                     95.4%          5.4% 
------------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
  Vanadium in slag                  46                      8.4%            31                      6.0%         48.4% 
------------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
  Vanadium in alloys and 
   chemicals                       477                     86.7%           465                     89.4%          2.6% 
------------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 Intersegment sales, 
  vanadium products                 18                      3.3%            15                      2.9%         20.0% 
------------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 Other revenues                      9                      1.6%             9                      1.7%             - 
------------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 Total                             550                    100.0%           520                    100.0%          5.8% 
------------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 
 
 Sales volumes of vanadium segment 
 (tonnes of pure Vanadium) 
                                        2013     2012    Change 
-----------------------------------  -------  -------  -------- 
 External sales 
-----------------------------------  -------  -------  -------- 
  Vanadium products                   23,287   21,100     10.4% 
-----------------------------------  -------  -------  -------- 
  Vanadium in slag                     6,264    3,253     92.6% 
-----------------------------------  -------  -------  -------- 
  Vanadium in alloys and chemicals    17,023   17,847    (4.6)% 
-----------------------------------  -------  -------  -------- 
 Intersegment sales                      215      438   (50.9)% 
-----------------------------------  -------  -------  -------- 
 Total                                23,502   21,538      9.1% 
-----------------------------------  -------  -------  -------- 
 

Vanadium segment revenues increased by 5.8% to US$550 million in 2013 compared to US$520 million in 2012 reflecting increase in sales prices of vanadium products. Sales of vanadium slag by EVRAZ NTMK to China and Austria increased significantly in 2013. Sales volumes in 2012 were relatively low due to the time that was required to receive an export license and difficult market conditions.

OTHER BUSINESSES

EVRAZ's other operations include trading, logistics, port services, electricity and heat generation and other auxiliary activities.

Sales review

 
 (US$ million)                           Year ended 31 December 
                                  ------------------------------- 
                                      2013      2012       Change 
--------------------------------  --------  --------  ----------- 
 To third parties                      246       253       (2.8)% 
--------------------------------  --------  --------  ----------- 
 To steel segment                      444       568      (21.8)% 
--------------------------------  --------  --------  ----------- 
 To mining segment                     238       225         5.8% 
--------------------------------  --------  --------  ----------- 
 Total Other operations segment        928     1,046      (11.3)% 
--------------------------------  --------  --------  ----------- 
 

Revenues from other operations decreased by 11.3% to US$928 million in 2013 as compared to US$1,046 million in 2012, principally driven by the disposal of Evraztrans. Revenue of other operations segment includes the following (sales figures shown below include sales within the same segment):

-- Sales of EVRAZ Nakhodka Trade Sea Port, which provides various sea port services to the Company, totaled US$93 million in 2013 and US$92 million in 2012.

-- Metallenergofinance ("MEF") supplies electricity to EVRAZ's steel and mining segments as well as third parties. MEF's sales amounted to US$469 million in 2013 compared to US$381 million in 2012. Intersegment sales accounted for 77% and 87% of MEF's revenue in 2013 and 2012 respectively. ZabSibTets generates electricity and heating. Most sales are classified as intersegment for purpose to supply internal energy requirements of EVRAZ ZSMK. Sales were US$124 million in 2013, compared to US$187 million in 2012.

-- Evraztrans acted as a railway transport provider for EVRAZ's steel segment. Sales of Evraztrans (including Russian and Ukrainian operations) amounted to US$145 million in 2012.

COST OF REVENUE AND GROSS PROFIT

 
 Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit by Segments 
                                                               Year ended 31 December 
                            ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                            2013                                  2012*                  2013 v 2012 
                            ------------------------------------  ------------------------------------  ------------ 
                             US$ million   % of segment revenues   US$ million   % of segment revenues      % change 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Steel segment 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Cost of revenue                  10,235                   81.6%        11,164                   82.4%        (8.3%) 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Gross profit                      2,306                   18.4%         2,379                   17.6%        (3.1%) 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Mining segment 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Cost of revenue                   2,496                   80.0%         2,302                   86.9%          8.4% 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Gross profit                        624                   20.0%           348                   13.1%         79.3% 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Vanadium segment 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Cost of revenue                     470                   85.5%           493                   94.8%        (4.7%) 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Gross profit                         80                   14.5%            27                    5.2%        196.3% 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Other operations segment 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Cost of revenue                     750                   80.8%           780                   74.6%        (3.8%) 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Gross profit                        178                   19.2%           266                   25.4%       (33.1%) 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Unallocated 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Cost of revenue                      13                                    10                                 30.0% 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Gross profit                       (13)                                  (10)                                 30.0% 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Eliminations - cost of 
  revenue                        (2,496)                               (2,946)                               (15.3%) 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Eliminations - gross 
  profit                           (232)                                  (87)                                166.7% 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Consolidated cost of 
  revenue                         11,468                   79.6%        11,803                   80.2%        (2.8%) 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 Consolidated gross profit         2,943                   20.4%         2,923                   19.8%          0.7% 
--------------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 
 

* Hereinafter in the tables to segment's cost of revenue there are some differences in figures for 2012 published in FY2012 press release due to adjustments in pension liability accruals and minor corrections of intrasegment eliminations between cost items

EVRAZ's consolidated cost of revenue amounted to US$11,468 million, representing 79.6% of the Company's consolidated revenues in 2013 compared to US$11,803 million, or 80.2% of consolidated revenues in 2012. The increase in the gross profit margin in 2013 compared to 2012 was primarily due to lower prices for raw materials and reduction in depreciation charges, which was partially offset by lower average prices of steel and mining products.

 
 Steel Segment Cost of Revenue 
                                                              Year ended 31 December 
                            -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                            2013                                 2012                  2013 v 2012 
                            -----------------------------------  -----------------------------------  ------------ 
                             US$ million   % of segment revenue   US$ million   % of segment revenue      % change 
--------------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
 Cost of revenue                  10,235                  81.6%        11,164                  82.4%        (8.3%) 
--------------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Raw materials                    5,205                  41.5%         5,757                  42.5%        (9.6%) 
--------------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
      Iron ore                     1,941                  15.5%         1,992                  14.7%        (2.6%) 
--------------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
      Coking coal                  1,220                   9.7%         1,508                  11.1%       (19.1%) 
--------------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
      Scrap                        1,332                  10.6%         1,569                  11.6%       (15.1%) 
--------------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
      Other raw materials            712                   5.7%           688                   5.1%          3.5% 
--------------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Semi-finished products             450                   3.5%           478                   3.5%        (5.9%) 
--------------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Transportation                     496                   4.0%           551                   4.1%       (10.0%) 
--------------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Staff costs                      1,083                   8.6%         1,062                   7.8%          2.0% 
--------------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Depreciation                       451                   3.6%           452                   3.3%        (0.2%) 
--------------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Energy                             911                   7.3%           909                   6.7%          0.2% 
--------------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Other*                           1,639                  13.1%         1,955                  14.5%       (16.2%) 
--------------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
 
 

* Includes repairs and maintenance, industrial services, auxiliary materials, goods for resale, taxes in cost of revenue, and effect of changes in work-in-progress and finished goods inventories.

EVRAZ's steel segment cost of revenue decreased to US$10,235 million or 81.6% of steel segment revenue in 2013, compared to US$11,164 million or 82.4% of steel segment revenue in 2012.

The principal factors affecting the change in the steel segment cost of revenue, in absolute terms, in 2013 compared to 2012were as follows:

-- Raw material costs decreased by 9.6% due to a decline in prices for all main raw materials (particularly coking coal and scrap). Other factor influencing this decrease was the disposal of DKHZ (consumption of coal in 2012 of US$84 million).

-- Costs of semi-finished products decreased by 5.9% primarily due to lower prices and lower consumption of pig iron by EVRAZ Vitkovice Steel as result of lower production volumes.

-- Transportation costs decreased by 10.0%. This decrease was partially attributable to lower intrasegment sales and related transportation costs.

-- Staff costs increased by 2.0% largely due to higher wages and salaries of production staff in accordance with the trade union agreements.

-- Depreciation and depletion costs are in line with 2012. Increased depreciation costs at EVRAZ ZSMK due to cessation of capitalisation of expenses following the completion of EVRAZ ZSMK rail mill modernisation investment project offset stoppage of depreciation cost accrual at the assets classified as held for sale (EVRAZ Highveld Steel and Vanadium Limited and EVRAZ Vitkovice Steel).

-- Energy costs increased by 0.2%. The increase of electricity and natural gas prices was almost offset by reduced consumption volume of natural gas at NTMK (US$(21) million) as a result of PCI implementation and consumption of own produced coke gas at DMZ due to technological changes.

-- Other costs decreased by 16.2% primarily due to an increase in stock of WIP and finished goods.

Steel segment gross profit decreased by 3.1% to US$2,306 million in 2013 from US$2,379 million in 2012. Gross profit margin amounted to 18.4% of steel segment revenue in 2013 compared with 17.6% in the corresponding period last year, reflecting the decline in steel segment revenues by 7.4%, while cost of revenues decrease by 8.3%.

 
 Mining Segment Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit 
                                                     Year ended 31 December 
                   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                   2013                                 2012                  2013 v 2012 
                   -----------------------------------  -----------------------------------  ------------ 
                    US$ million   % of segment revenue   US$ million   % of segment revenue      % change 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
 Cost of revenue          2,496                  80.0%         2,302                  86.9%          8.4% 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Raw materials              92                   2.9%           127                   4.8%       (27.6%) 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Transportation            337                  10.8%           267                  10.1%         26.2% 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Staff costs               717                  23.0%           548                  20.7%         30.8% 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Depreciation              426                  13.7%           593                  22.4%       (28.2%) 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Energy                    300                   9.6%           260                   9.8%         15.4% 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Other*                    624                  20.0%           507                  19.1%         23.1% 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
 

* Includes primarily contractor services and materials for maintenance and repairs and certain taxes

The mining segment cost of revenue increased to US$2,496 million or 80.0% of mining segment revenue in 2013 compared with US$2,302 million or 86.9% of mining segment revenue in 2012.

The principal factors affecting the change in mining segment cost of revenue, in absolute terms, in 2013 compared to 2012were:

-- Raw material costs decreased by 27.6% primarily due to switch to a tolling scheme of sinter production by EVRAZ VGOK instead of purchasing the raw material from EVRAZ NTMK (-US$26 million), and decrease of coke consumption by EVRAZ VGOK (-US$6 million) due to disposal in October 2013.

-- Transportation costs increased by 26.2% due to the consolidation of Raspadskaya (+US$45 million), higher intercompany sales and related transportation costs.

-- Staff costs increased by 30.8%. The increase was largely attributable to consolidation of Raspadskaya (US$133 million) and the increase in wages and salaries in accordance with trade union agreements.

-- Depreciation and depletion costs decreased by 28.2% mainly due to a lower depreciation and depletion expense at Yuzhkuzbassugol caused by the revision and detailing of mining plans as part of the independent JORC valuations performed during the year (net effect of US$189 million) and a significant reduction in depreciation at Evrazruda due to impairment of assets (net effect of US$43 million). This decrease was partially offset by an increase of depreciation due to consolidation of Raspadskaya (US$109 million).

-- Energy costs increased by 15.4% primarily due to higher electricity and natural gas prices, the consolidation of Raspadskaya (US$16 million) and higher production volumes at Yuzhkuzbassugol and EVRAZ KGOK.

-- Other costs increased by 23.1%, primarily due to an increase of auxiliary material costs and expenditure on services as result of consolidating Raspadskaya (US$153 million) and higher processed volumes of concentrate at third party facilities by Yuzhkuzbassugol (US$33 million). This increase was partially offset by lower repairs and maintenance costs as well as decrease of other costs due to disposal of EVRAZ VGOK and closure of the Irba mine.

The Mining segment's gross profit increased to US$624 million in 2013 from US$348 million in 2012. The increase in the gross profit margin was primarily attributable to lower depreciation and depletion at Yuzhkuzbassugol, and additional gross profit from consolidation of Raspadskaya (US$38 million).

 
 Vanadium Segment Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit 
                                                     Year ended 31 December 
                   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                   2013                                 2012                  2013 v 2012 
                   -----------------------------------  -----------------------------------  ------------ 
                    US$ million   % of segment revenue   US$ million   % of segment revenue      % change 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
 Cost of revenue            470                  85.5%           493                  94.8%        (4.7%) 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Raw materials             180                  32.7%           189                  36.3%        (4.8%) 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Staff costs                71                  12.9%            65                  12.5%          9.2% 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Depreciation               12                   2.2%            22                   4.2%       (45.5%) 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Energy                     73                  13.3%            68                  13.1%          7.4% 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
  Other                     134                  24.4%           149                  28.7%       (10.1%) 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------  ---------------------  ------------ 
 

The vanadium segment cost of revenue decreased by 4.7% to US$470 million, or 85.5% of vanadium segment revenue in 2013 from US$493 million, or 94.8% of vanadium segment revenue in 2012. The decrease in EVRAZ's vanadium segment's cost of revenue in 2013 as compared to 2012, in absolute terms, was attributable to a decrease in sales volumes of vanadium in alloys and chemicals and the depreciation of the South African Rand against the U.S. dollar (-18%), a large part of the costs was denominated in this currency.

In 2013, gross profit of EVRAZ's vanadium segment increased to US$80 million compared with US$27 million in 2012 primarily due to higher prices for final vanadium products and depreciation of the South African Rand.

Other operations segment Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit

The other operations segment's cost of revenue amounted to 80.8% of other operations revenue, or US$750 million in 2013 compared to 74.6%, or US$780 million in 2012.

The major components of cost of revenue at EVRAZ Nakhodka Trade Sea Port are staff and inventory costs. The major component of MEF's cost of revenue is the purchase of electricity from power generating companies. The major components of ZapSib Power Plant's and Central Heat and Power Plant's cost of revenue are steam coal for power generation, depreciation and staff costs, while the major component of Sinano's cost of revenue is ship hire fees.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

Like all businesses, EVRAZ is affected by, and must manage, risks and uncertainties that can impact its ability to deliver its strategy. While the risks can be numerous, the principal risks faced by the Group as identified by the Board are described below along with the corresponding mitigating actions and changes in the risk level during the year.

To date the Group has not been significantly impacted by recent geopolitical developments relating to Ukraine. There is a risk, however, that, if these events were to escalate, there could be an impact on EVRAZ's operations in the country (EVRAZ generated 7% of consolidated revenue from its Ukrainian business). In addition, EVRAZ may be affected by government sanctions if they are broadened from the current level.

 
 Risk                    Risk description                     Risk level 2012 - 
                                                               2013 and Mitigating 
                                                               actions 
----------------------  -----------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 Global economic         EVRAZ Steel, Mining and 
  factors, industry       Vanadium operations are               Risk direction: 
  conditions and          highly dependent and 
  cost effectiveness      sensitive to the global               EVRAZ has a focused 
                          macroeconomic environment,            investment policy 
                          economic and industry                 aimed at reducing 
                          conditions, eg global                 and managing the 
                          supply/demand balance                 cost base with the 
                          for steel and particularly            objective of being 
                          for iron ore and coking               among the sector's 
                          coal which has the potential          lowest cost producers. 
                          to significantly affect 
                          both product prices and 
                          volumes across domestic 
                          and export markets. As 
                          EVRAZ's operations have 
                          a high level of fixed 
                          costs, global economic 
                          and industry conditions 
                          can impact the Company's 
                          operational performance 
                          and liquidity. 
----------------------  -----------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 Health, safety          Safety and environmental 
  and environmental       risks are inherent to                 Risk direction: 
  (HSE) issues            the Company's principal 
                          business activities of                HSE issues have direct 
                          steelmaking and mining.               oversight at Board 
                          Furthermore, EVRAZ operations         level and HSE procedures 
                          are subject to a wide                 and material issues 
                          range of HSE laws, regulations        are given top priority 
                          and standards, the breach             at all internal management 
                          of any of which may result            level meetings. Management 
                          in fines, penalties or                KPIs include a material 
                          other sanctions. Such                 factor for safety 
                          actions could have a                  performance. EVRAZ 
                          material adverse effect               has instigated a 
                          on the Company's business,            programme to improve 
                          financial condition and               the management of 
                          business prospects.                   safety risks across 
                                                                all business units 
                                                                with the objective 
                                                                of embedding a new 
                                                                safety, harm-free 
                                                                culture at all management 
                                                                and operational levels. 
                                                                Safety training has 
                                                                been reviewed and 
                                                                strengthened and 
                                                                an operational safety 
                                                                assessment is undertaken 
                                                                for all new projects. 
----------------------  -----------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 Dependency on certain   The Company's profitability          Risk direction: 
  key markets             is highly dependent on 
                          limited geographical                 The strategic risks 
                          markets, i.e. 43% of                 and opportunities 
                          EVRAZ revenues are derived           within these regions 
                          from Russia, and 22%                 are regularly reviewed, 
                          from North America; and              including consideration 
                          also dependent on the                of the quality and 
                          mix between semi-finished            nature of the Company's 
                          and finished steel products.         product portfolio, 
                                                               relative cost effectiveness 
                                                               and the sustainability 
                                                               of industry sector 
                                                               market positioning 
                                                               together with effective 
                                                               in-house (EVRAZ Metall 
                                                               Inprom) and external 
                                                               distribution networks. 
----------------------  -----------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 Capital projects        EVRAZ's maintenance and              Risk direction: 
  and expenditure         development capital expenditure, 
                          in addition to capital               Project delivery 
                          expenditure focused on               is closely monitored 
                          improving the Company's              against project plans 
                          cost effectiveness, is               resulting in high 
                          aligned to the Company's             level action to manage 
                          and external market expectations     project investment 
                          for each particular project          both for timely delivery 
                          and to maximise levels               and for planned project 
                          of investment returns.               expenditure. 
                                                               In the course of 
                          Economic issues outside              2013 the Company 
                          those factored into the              revisited key assumptions 
                          Company's business plans             of the main investment 
                          including regulatory                 projects and performed 
                          approvals, may negatively            scenario analysis, 
                          impact the Company's                 which resulted in 
                          anticipated free cash                the suspension and/or 
                          flow and cause certain               postponement of certain 
                          elements of the planned              projects. 
                          capital expenditure to 
                          be re-phased, deferred 
                          or abandoned with consequential 
                          impact on the Company's 
                          planned future performance. 
----------------------  -----------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 Human Resources         The principal HR risk                Risk direction: 
                          is the quality and availability 
                          of critical operational              Succession planning 
                          and business skills of               is a key feature 
                          EVRAZ management and                 of EVRAZ's human 
                          employees, particularly              resources management. 
                          in certain regions and               EVRAZ seeks to meet 
                          for particular business              its leadership and 
                          units, eg mining professionals       skill needs through 
                          including engineers,                 retention of its 
                          mining experts and project           employees, internal 
                          managers. Associated                 promotion, structured 
                          risks involve selection,             professional internal 
                          recruitment, training                mentoring and external 
                          and retention of employees           development programmes. 
                          and qualified executives. 
 
                          There is also a risk 
                          of employee union action. 
                          Union relations are largely 
                          stable, although the 
                          Company had a short-lived 
                          labour action at its 
                          vanadium operations in 
                          South Africa in 2013, 
                          and an extended period 
                          of negotiations with 
                          certain labour unions 
                          in Russia. 
 
                          As a result of HR risks, 
                          the Company's growth 
                          plans might be jeopardised. 
----------------------  -----------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 Potential Actions       EVRAZ operates in a number 
  by Governments          of countries and there                Risk direction: 
                          is a risk that governments            Although these risks 
                          or government agencies                are mostly not within 
                          could adopt new laws                  the Company's control, 
                          and regulations, or otherwise         EVRAZ and its executive 
                          impact the Company's                  teams are members 
                          operations.                           of various national 
                                                                industry bodies and, 
                          New laws, regulations                 as a result, contribute 
                          or other requirements                 to the thinking of 
                          could have the effect                 such bodies and, 
                          of limiting the Company's             when appropriate, 
                          ability to obtain financing           participate in relevant 
                          in international markets,             discussions with 
                          or selling its products.              political and regulatory 
                                                                authorities. 
----------------------  -----------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 Business Interruption   Prolonged outages or 
                          production delays, especially         Risk direction: 
                          in coal mining, could                 The Company has defined 
                          have a material adverse               and established business 
                          effect on the Company's               continuity plans, 
                          operating performance,                procedures and protocols 
                          production, financial                 which are subject 
                          condition and future                  to regular review 
                          prospects. In addition,               and audit of their 
                          long term business interruption       appropriateness and 
                          may result in loss of                 effectiveness. The 
                          customers, competitive                Company carries certain 
                          advantage being compromised           business interruption 
                          and damage to the Company's           insurance, except 
                          reputation.                           for particular mining 
                                                                events. 
                                                                Business interruptions 
                                                                in mining mainly 
                                                                relate to production 
                                                                safety. Measures 
                                                                to mitigate these 
                                                                risks include methane 
                                                                monitoring and degasing 
                                                                systems, timely mining 
                                                                equipment maintenance, 
                                                                employee safety training. 
                                                                In 2013 EVRAZ had 
                                                                to suspend mining 
                                                                works at the Raspadskaya 
                                                                underground mine 
                                                                in May-July due to 
                                                                increased levels 
                                                                of carbon monoxide. 
                                                                A set of safety measures 
                                                                was undertaken in 
                                                                order to alleviate 
                                                                the causes of hazards. 
----------------------  -----------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 Treasury                EVRAZ, as with many other            Risk direction: 
                          large and multi-national 
                          corporates, faces various            EVRAZ employs skilled 
                          treasury risks including             specialists to manage 
                          liquidity, credit access,            and mitigate such 
                          currency fluctuations,               risks and the management 
                          and interest rate and                of such risks is 
                          tax compliance risks.                embedded in internal 
                                                               controls. Oversight 
                                                               of the key risks 
                                                               is reported within 
                                                               the monthly Board 
                                                               reports and by the 
                                                               review of compliance 
                                                               of such internal 
                                                               controls by a management 
                                                               independent internal 
                                                               audit function, which 
                                                               reports to the Audit 
                                                               Committee on a monthly 
                                                               basis. 
                                                               In 2013 EVRAZ undertook 
                                                               certain actions in 
                                                               order to extend the 
                                                               debt maturity profile 
                                                               and lower short term 
                                                               external funding 
                                                               needs, i.e. through 
                                                               issuing US$1,000 
                                                               million Eurobonds 
                                                               due in 2020, as well 
                                                               as. proactively managing 
                                                               the remaining portion 
                                                               of debt subject to 
                                                               maintenance covenants. 
                                                               The EVRAZ Treasury 
                                                               management team and 
                                                               the directors regularly 
                                                               and pro-actively 
                                                               review all funding 
                                                               requirements and 
                                                               exposures. 
----------------------  -----------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 
   Taxation                EVRAZ operates in various                 Risk direction: 
                           jurisdictions, and changes 
                           to national tax laws,                   EVRAZ has a taxation 
                           including those which                     control function 
                           could be adopted based                 which monitors planned 
                           on recommendations by                   changes to tax laws, 
                           international organisations            analyses their impact 
                           (eg OECD's BEPS project                on EVRAZ's operations 
                           etc) are not within management's          and reports them 
                           control.                                  to the Company's 
                                                                management on a quarterly 
                           Russian tax legislation                 basis. Management's 
                           is developing and undergoes               possible actions 
                           frequent changes; tax                to address tax challenges 
                           law enforcement is subject           include making provisions 
                           to varying interpretations.              (if applicable) in 
                           Management's interpretation          the financial statements; 
                           of such legislation may              implementing if necessary, 
                           be challenged by the                  changes to the Company's 
                           relevant regional and                 organisational structure 
                           federal authorities,                     and adjustments to 
                           which could adversely                   cash flow structure. 
                           affect the financial 
                           position of EVRAZ's Russian 
                           subsidiaries, despite 
                           any planning efforts. 
----------------------  -----------------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 

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STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES

Each of the directors listed in the Governance section of the Annual report confirm that to the best of their knowledge:

-- the consolidated financial statements of EVRAZ plc, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole (the 'Group');

-- the Annual Report and Accounts, including the Strategic Report include a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Company and the Group, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face.

By order of the Board

Alexander Frolov

Chief Executive Officer

EVRAZ

Appendix 1

EBITDA

EBITDA represents profit from operations plus depreciation, depletion and amortisation, impairment of assets, loss (gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment, and foreign exchange loss (gain). EVRAZ presents an EBITDA because it considers EBITDA to be an important supplemental measure of its operating performance and believes that EBITDA is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in the same industry. EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance under IFRS and it should not be considered as an alternative to net profit as a measure of operating performance or to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. EVRAZ's calculation of EBITDA may be different from the calculation used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited. EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and potential investors should not consider it in isolation, or as a substitute for an analysis of our operating results as reported under IFRS. Some of these limitations include:

-- EBITDA does not reflect the impact of financing or financing costs on EVRAZ's operating performance, which can be significant and could further increase if EVRAZ were to incur more debt.

   --    EBITDA does not reflect the impact of income taxes on EVRAZ's operating performance. 

-- EBITDA does not reflect the impact of depreciation and amortisation on EVRAZ's operating performance. The assets of EVRAZ's businesses which are being depreciated and/or amortised will have to be replaced in the future and such depreciation and amortisation expense may approximate the cost of replacement of these assets in the future. EBITDA, due to the exclusion of these costs, does not reflect EVRAZ's future cash requirements for these replacements. EBITDA also does not reflect the impact of a loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment.

Reconciliation of profit (loss) from operations to EBITDA is as follows:

 
                                                     Year ended 31 December 
                                                   ------------------------- 
                                                           2013         2012 
                                                   ------------  ----------- 
                                                         (US$ million) 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------------------- 
 Consolidated EBITDA reconciliation 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------------------- 
 Profit from operations                                      19          258 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Add: 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Depreciation, depletion and amortisation                 1,051        1,259 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Impairment of assets                                       446          413 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Loss on disposal of property, plant & equipment             47           56 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Foreign exchange loss/(gain)                               258           41 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Consolidated EBITDA                                      1,821        2,027 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Steel segment EBITDA reconciliation 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Profit from operations                                     331          857 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Add: 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Depreciation and amortisation                              549          556 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Impairment of assets                                       349           58 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Loss on disposal of property, plant & equipment             27           38 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Foreign exchange loss/(gain)                                73        (171) 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Steel segment EBITDA                                     1,329        1,338 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Mining segment EBITDA reconciliation 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 (Loss)/profit from operations                              100        (452) 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Add: 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Depreciation, depletion and amortisation                   447          611 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Impairment of assets                                        86          354 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Loss on disposal of property, plant & equipment             19           17 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Foreign exchange loss/(gain)                               (6)           95 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Mining segment EBITDA                                      646          625 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Vanadium segment EBITDA reconciliation 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 (Loss)/profit from operations                                3         (67) 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Add: 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Depreciation and amortisation                               14           47 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Loss on disposal of property, plant & equipment              1            1 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Foreign exchange (gain)/loss                                 1            - 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Vanadium segment EBITDA                                     19         (19) 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Other operations EBITDA reconciliation 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Profit from operations                                      64          150 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Add: 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Depreciation and amortisation                               35           38 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Impairment of assets                                        11            1 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Other operations EBITDA                                    110          189 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Unallocated EBITDA reconciliation 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Loss from operations                                     (422)        (323) 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Add: 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Depreciation and amortisation                                6            7 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Foreign exchange (gain)/loss                               190          117 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Unallocated EBITDA                                       (226)        (199) 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Intersegment eliminations 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Eliminations of intersegment EBITDA                       (57)           93 
-------------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 

Appendix 2

Cash and short-term bank deposits

Cash and short-term bank deposits is not a measure under IFRS and it should not be considered as an alternative to other measures of financial position. EVRAZ's calculation of Cash and short-term bank deposits may be different from the calculation used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited.

 
                                                        31 December 2013     31 December 2012 
                                                       -----------------  ------------------- 
                                                                    (US$ million) 
-----------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 Cash and short-term bank deposits Calculation 
-----------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------------- 
 Cash and cash equivalents                                             1,576            1,320 
-----------------------------------------------------  ---------------------  --------------- 
 Cash of disposal groups classified as held for sale                      35               70 
-----------------------------------------------------  ---------------------  --------------- 
 Short-term bank deposits                                                  -              674 
-----------------------------------------------------  ---------------------  --------------- 
 Cash and short-term bank deposits                                     1,611            2,064 
-----------------------------------------------------  ---------------------  --------------- 
 
 

Appendix 3

Free Cash Flow

Free Cash Flow represents EBITDA, net of non-cash items, less changes in working capital, income tax paid, interest paid and covenant reset charges, conversion premiums, premiums on early repurchase of bonds and realised gain on swaps, interest income and debt issue costs, less capital expenditure, short-term deposits of acquiree (at the date of business combination), purchases of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired, proceeds from sale of disposal groups classified as held for sale, net of transaction costs, plus other cash flows from investing activities. Free Cash Flow is not a measure under IFRS and it should not be considered as an alternative to other measures of financial position. EVRAZ's calculation of Free Cash Flow may be different from the calculation used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited.

Free Cash Flow has been calculated as follows:

 
 Calculation of Free Cash Flow 
  (US$ million) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 Item                                                                                            2013 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 EBITDA                                                                                         1,821 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 Non-cash items                                                                                  (37) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 EBITDA (excluding non-cash items)                                                              1,784 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 Changes in working capital                                                                       365 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 Income tax paid                                                                                (249) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 Net Cash flows from operating activities                                                       1,900 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 Net interest and similar payments                                                              (501) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 Capital expenditure                                                                            (902) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 Purchases of subsidiaries (net of cash acquired) and interests in associates/joint ventures     (30) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 Proceeds from sale of disposal groups classified as held for sale, net of transaction costs        1 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 Other cash flows from investing activities                                                      (10) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 Free Cash Flow                                                                                   458 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------ 
 

Appendix 4

Total Debt

Total Debt represents nominal value of loans and borrowings plus unpaid interest, finance lease liabilities, loans of assets classified as held for sale, the nominal effect of cross-currency swaps on principal of rouble-denominated notes. Total Debt is not a measure under IFRS and it should not be considered as an alternative to other measures of financial position. EVRAZ's calculation of Total Debt may be different from the calculation used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited. The current calculation shall not be considered for covenant compliance reasons.

Total Debt has been calculated as follows:

 
 Total Debt Calculation                                                            31 December 2013   31 December 2012 
                                                                                  -----------------  ----------------- 
                                                                                              (US$ million) 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 Long-term loans, net of current portion                                                      6,039              6,373 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -----------------  ----------------- 
 Short-term loans and current portion of long-term loans                                      1,816              1,783 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -----------------  ----------------- 
 Add back: Unamortised debt issue costs and fair value adjustment to liabilities 
  assumed in 
  business combination                                                                           41                116 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -----------------  ----------------- 
 Nominal effect of cross-currency swaps on principal of rouble-denominated notes                186                 76 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -----------------  ----------------- 
 Loans of assets classified as held for sale                                                     78                 79 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -----------------  ----------------- 
 Finance lease liabilities, including current portion                                             6                 13 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -----------------  ----------------- 
 Total Debt                                                                                   8,166              8,440 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -----------------  ----------------- 
 

Appendix 5

Net Debt

Net Debt represents total debt less cash and liquid short-term financial assets, including those related to disposal groups classified as held for sale. Net Debt is not a measure under IFRS and it should not be considered as an alternative to other measures of financial position. EVRAZ's calculation of Net Debt may be different from the calculation used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited. The current calculation shall not be considered for covenant compliance reasons.

Net Debt has been calculated as follows:

 
 Net Debt Calculation                          31 December 2013   31 December 2012 
                                              -----------------  ----------------- 
                                                          (US$ million) 
--------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 Total Debt                                               8,166              8,440 
--------------------------------------------  -----------------  ----------------- 
 Short-term bank deposits                                     -              (674) 
--------------------------------------------  -----------------  ----------------- 
 Cash and cash equivalents                              (1,576)            (1,320) 
--------------------------------------------  -----------------  ----------------- 
 Cash of assets classified as held for sale                (35)               (70) 
--------------------------------------------  -----------------  ----------------- 
 Collateral under swaps                                    (21)                  - 
--------------------------------------------  -----------------  ----------------- 
 Net Debt                                                 6,534              6,376 
--------------------------------------------  -----------------  ----------------- 
 

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The 2013 Annual Report will shortly be available to view or download in a pdf format from the Company's website at www.evraz.com. A copy of the 2013 Annual Report will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

For further information:

Media Relations:

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VP, Corporate Communications

   London: +44 207 832 8998         Moscow: +7 495 937 6871 

media@evraz.com

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Director, Investor Relations

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ir@evraz.com

The financial statements of EVRAZ plc (registered number 7784342) on pages 116-200 of the Annual Report were approved by the Board of Directors on 8 April 2014 and signed on its behalf by Alexander Frolov, Chief Executive Officer.

EVRAZ plc

Consolidated Statement of Operations

(in millions of US dollars, except for per share information)

 
                                                                                           Year ended 31 December 
                                                                                        2013       2012        2011 
                                                                                                 restated*   restated* 
                                                                                     ---------  ----------  ---------- 
 Continuing operations 
 Revenue 
    Sale of goods                                                                     $ 14,071    $ 14,367    $ 16,077 
    Rendering of services                                                                  340         359         323 
                                                                                     ---------  ----------  ---------- 
                                                                                        14,411      14,726      16,400 
 Cost of revenue                                                                      (11,468)    (11,803)    (12,480) 
 Gross profit                                                                            2,943       2,923       3,920 
 
 Selling and distribution costs                                                        (1,183)     (1,211)     (1,154) 
 General and administrative expenses                                                     (877)       (839)       (903) 
 Social and social infrastructure maintenance expenses                                    (50)        (51)        (61) 
 Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment                                        (47)        (56)        (50) 
 Impairment of assets                                                                    (446)       (413)       (104) 
 Foreign exchange gains/(losses), net                                                    (258)        (41)         269 
 Other operating income                                                                     53          75          50 
 Other operating expenses                                                                (116)       (129)        (96) 
                                                                                     ---------  ----------  ---------- 
 Profit from operations                                                                     19         258       1,871 
 Interest income                                                                            23          23          17 
 Interest expense                                                                        (699)       (654)       (715) 
 Share of profits/(losses) of joint ventures and associates                                  8           1          55 
 Gain/(loss) on derecognition of equity investments, net                                    89           -           - 
 Gain/(loss) on financial assets and liabilities, net                                     (43)         164       (355) 
 Gain/(loss) on disposal groups classified as held for sale, net                          (25)          18           8 
 Other non-operating gains/(losses), net                                                    15         (6)         (4) 
 Profit/(loss) before tax                                                                (613)       (196)         877 
 Income tax benefit/(expense)                                                               41       (229)       (420) 
                                                                                     ---------  ----------  ---------- 
 Net profit/(loss)                                                                     $ (572)     $ (425)       $ 457 
                                                                                     =========  ==========  ========== 
 Attributable to: 
   Equity holders of the parent entity                                                 $ (522)     $ (398)       $ 465 
   Non-controlling interests                                                              (50)        (27)         (8) 
                                                                                     ---------  ----------  ---------- 
                                                                                       $ (572)     $ (425)       $ 457 
                                                                                     =========  ==========  ========== 
 Earnings/(losses) per share: 
   basic, for profit/(loss) attributable to equity holders of the parent entity, US 
    dollars                                                                           $ (0.35)   $ (0.30)    $ 0.36 
   diluted, for profit/(loss) attributable to equity holders of the parent entity, 
    US dollars                                                                        $ (0.35)   $ (0.30)    $ 0.36 
 

* The amounts shown here do not correspond to the 2012 and 2011 financial statements and reflect adjustments made in connection with the obligatory change in the accounting policies and a correction of a prior period error.

EVRAZ plc

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

(in millions of US dollars)

 
                                                                                           Year ended 31 December 
                                                                                        2013       2012        2011 
                                                                                                 restated*   restated* 
 Net profit/(loss)                                                                     $ (572)     $ (425)       $ 457 
 Other comprehensive income/(loss) 
  Other comprehensive income to be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent 
  periods 
  Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations into presentation 
   currency                                                                              (198)         281       (615) 
  Exchange differences recycled to profit or loss                                         (90)          96           - 
  Net gains/(losses) on available-for-sale financial assets                                  7           4        (20) 
  Net (gains)/losses on available-for-sale financial assets reclassified to profit 
   or loss                                                                                   -           -          20 
                                                                                         (281)         381       (615) 
  Effect of translation to presentation currency of the Group's joint ventures and 
   associates                                                                             (11)          44        (35) 
  Net gains/(losses) on available-for-sale financial assets of the Group's joint 
  ventures and 
  associates                                                                                 -           1           - 
                                                                                          (11)          45        (35) 
  Items not to be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods 
  Gains/(losses) on re-measurement of net defined benefit liability                        119        (74)        (97) 
  Income tax effect                                                                       (30)          14          31 
                                                                                      --------  ----------  ---------- 
                                                                                            89        (60)        (66) 
  Gains/(losses) on re-measurement of net defined benefit liability recognised by 
   the Group's 
   joint ventures and associates                                                             -         (2)         (1) 
  Decrease in revaluation surplus in connection with the impairment of property, 
   plant and equipment                                                                     (9)           -         (1) 
       Income tax effect                                                                     2           -           - 
                                                                                      --------  ----------  ---------- 
                                                                                           (7)           -         (1) 
 
 Total other comprehensive income/(loss)                                                 (210)         364       (718) 
                                                                                      --------  ----------  ---------- 
 Total comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax                                         $ (782)      $ (61)     $ (261) 
                                                                                      ========  ==========  ========== 
 Attributable to: 
   Equity holders of the parent entity                                                 $ (697)      $ (33)     $ (235) 
   Non-controlling interests                                                              (85)        (28)        (26) 
                                                                                      --------  ----------  ---------- 
                                                                                       $ (782)      $ (61)     $ (261) 
                                                                                      ========  ==========  ========== 
 

* The amounts shown here do not correspond to the 2012 financial statements and reflect adjustments made in connection with the obligatory change in the accounting policies and a correction of a prior period error .

EVRAZ plc

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

(in millions of US dollars)

 
                                                                                           31 December 
                                                                                2013           2012           2011 
                                                                                            restated*      restated* 
                                                                           -------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Assets 
 Non-current assets 
 Property, plant and equipment                                                   $ 9,251        $ 7,792        $ 8,306 
 Intangible assets other than goodwill                                               525            586            838 
 Goodwill                                                                          1,988          2,180          2,180 
 Investments in joint ventures and associates                                        191            551            655 
 Deferred income tax assets                                                           86             70             82 
 Other non-current financial assets                                                  140             92             53 
 Other non-current assets                                                             62             64             79 
                                                                           -------------  -------------  ------------- 
                                                                                  12,243         11,335         12,193 
 Current assets 
 Inventories                                                                       1,641          1,978          2,188 
 Trade and other receivables                                                         873            895            971 
 Prepayments                                                                         122            143            176 
 Loans receivable                                                                     21             19             44 
 Receivables from related parties                                                     13             12              8 
 Income tax receivable                                                                59             59             83 
 Other taxes recoverable                                                             281            329            412 
 Other current financial assets                                                       71            712             57 
 Cash and cash equivalents                                                         1,576          1,320            801 
                                                                           -------------  -------------  ------------- 
                                                                                   4,657          5,467          4,740 
 Assets of disposal groups classified as held for sale                               804            930              9 
                                                                           -------------  -------------  ------------- 
                                                                                   5,461          6,397          4,749 
                                                                           -------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Total assets                                                                   $ 17,704       $ 17,732       $ 16,942 
                                                                           =============  =============  ============= 
 
 Equity and liabilities 
 Equity 
 Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent entity 
  Issued capital                                                                 $ 1,473        $ 1,340        $ 1,338 
  Treasury shares                                                                    (1)            (1)            (8) 
  Additional paid-in capital                                                       2,326          1,820          2,289 
  Revaluation surplus                                                                162            173            171 
  Other reserves                                                                     156              -              - 
  Unrealised gains and losses                                                         12              5              - 
  Accumulated profits                                                              2,566          3,004          3,406 
  Translation difference                                                         (1,687)        (1,424)        (1,846) 
                                                                           -------------  -------------  ------------- 
                                                                                   5,007          4,917          5,350 
 Non-controlling interests                                                           427            200            236 
                                                                           -------------  -------------  ------------- 
                                                                                   5,434          5,117          5,586 
 Non-current liabilities 
 Long-term loans                                                                   6,039          6,373          6,593 
 Deferred income tax liabilities                                                     827            855            960 
 Employee benefits                                                                   481            577            518 
 Provisions                                                                          194            257            285 
 Other long-term liabilities                                                         230            181            311 
                                                                           -------------  -------------  ------------- 
                                                                                   7,771          8,243          8,667 
 Current liabilities 
 Trade and other payables                                                          1,395          1,414          1,473 
 Advances from customers                                                             179            157            154 
 Short-term loans and current portion of long-term loans                           1,816          1,783            613 
 Payables to related parties                                                         458            257             98 
 Income tax payable                                                                   57             48             92 
 Other taxes payable                                                                 202            195            188 
 Provisions                                                                           39             32             53 
 Amounts payable under put options for shares of subsidiaries                          -              -              9 
 Dividends payable by the Group's subsidiaries to non-controlling 
  shareholders                                                                         5              8              9 
                                                                           -------------  -------------  ------------- 
                                                                                   4,151          3,894          2,689 
 Liabilities directly associated with disposal groups classified as held 
  for sale                                                                           348            478              - 
                                                                           -------------  -------------  ------------- 
                                                                                   4,499          4,372          2,689 
                                                                           -------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Total equity and liabilities                                                   $ 17,704       $ 17,732       $ 16,942 
                                                                           =============  =============  ============= 
 

* The amounts shown here do not correspond to the 2012 financial statements and reflect adjustments made in connection with the obligatory change in the accounting policies and a correction of a prior period error.

EVRAZ plc

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

(in millions of US dollars)

 
                                                                                           Year ended 31 December 
                                                                                        2013       2012        2011 
                                                                                                 restated*   restated* 
                                                                                      --------  ----------  ---------- 
 Cash flows from operating activities 
 Net profit/(loss)                                                                     $ (572)    $ (425)      $ 457 
  Adjustments to reconcile net profit/(loss) to net cash flows from operating 
  activities: 
      Deferred income tax (benefit)/expense (Note 8)                                     (290)        (38)          12 
      Depreciation, depletion and amortisation (Note 7)                                  1,051       1,259       1,153 
      Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment                                     47          56          50 
      Impairment of assets                                                                 446         413         104 
      Foreign exchange (gains)/losses, net                                                 258          41       (269) 
      Interest income                                                                     (23)        (23)        (17) 
      Interest expense                                                                     699         654         715 
      Share of (profits)/losses of associates and joint ventures                           (8)         (1)        (55) 
      Gain/(loss) on derecognition of equity investments, net                             (89)           -           - 
      (Gain)/loss on financial assets and liabilities, net                                  43       (164)         355 
      (Gain)/loss on disposal groups classified as held for sale, net                       25        (18)         (8) 
      Other non-operating (gains)/losses, net                                             (15)           6           4 
      Bad debt expense                                                                       8          12          49 
      Changes in provisions, employee benefits and other long-term assets and 
       liabilities                                                                        (68)        (55)        (40) 
      Expense arising from equity-settled awards (Note 21)                                  25          22          23 
      Share-based payments under cash-settled awards (Note 21)                               -           -         (1) 
      Other                                                                                (2)         (6)         (4) 
                                                                                      --------  ----------  ---------- 
                                                                                         1,535       1,733       2,528 
 Changes in working capital: 
      Inventories                                                                          229         121       (204) 
      Trade and other receivables                                                           65        (78)         167 
      Prepayments                                                                           15          37         (2) 
      Receivables from/payables to related parties                                         131         141        (61) 
      Taxes recoverable                                                                     48         120       (123) 
      Other assets                                                                        (17)          18         (3) 
      Trade and other payables                                                           (135)          96         367 
      Advances from customers                                                               30         (1)        (44) 
      Taxes payable                                                                          4        (43)          44 
      Other liabilities                                                                    (5)         (1)        (22) 
 Net cash flows from operating activities                                                1,900       2,143       2,647 
 
 
 Cash flows from investing activities 
 Issuance of loans receivable to related parties                                                 (2)      (5)      (3) 
 Proceeds from repayment of loans issued to related parties, including interest                    -        1       46 
 Issuance of loans receivable                                                                    (2)        -      (4) 
 Proceeds from repayment of loans receivable, including interest                                   3        4        4 
 Return of capital by a joint venture (Note 11)                                                    -       38        - 
 Purchases of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired (Note 4)                                         31     (12)     (36) 
 Purchases of interest in associates/joint ventures (Note 11)                                   (61)        -        - 
 Restricted deposits at banks in respect of investing activities                                 (2)        -      (1) 
 Short-term deposits at banks, including interest                                                677    (656)        5 
 Purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets                              (902)  (1,261)  (1,281) 
 Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment                                           7        9       23 
 Proceeds from sale of disposal groups classified as held for sale, net of transaction costs 
  (Note 12)                                                                                        1      311        5 
 Dividends received                                                                                1       88       54 
 Other investing activities, net                                                                (15)     (61)        - 
                                                                                               -----  -------  ------- 
 Net cash flows used in investing activities                                                   (264)  (1,544)  (1,188) 
 
 
 Cash flows from financing activities 
 Purchase of treasury shares in the course of the Group's reorganisation (Note 
 20)                                                                                     $ -        $ (4)          $ - 
 Purchase of treasury shares (Note 20)                                                   (6)            -         (22) 
 Sale of treasury shares (Note 20)                                                         -            -            3 
 Payments relating to conversion of bonds into shares (Note 22)                            -            -        (161) 
 Proceeds from issue of shares by a subsidiary to non-controlling shareholders             -            -            1 
 Purchases of non-controlling interests (Note 4)                                           -          (1)         (51) 
 Dividends paid by the parent entity to its shareholders (Note 20)                         -        (375)        (491) 
 Dividends paid by the Group's subsidiaries to non-controlling shareholders              (1)          (1)          (1) 
 Proceeds from bank loans and notes                                                    1,976        2,706        3,507 
 Repayment of bank loans and notes, including interest                               (3,978)      (2,716)      (3,815) 
 Net proceeds from/(repayment of) bank overdrafts and credit lines, including 
  interest                                                                               621          292        (283) 
 Payments under covenants reset (Note 22)                                                (1)          (7)            - 
 Gain on derivatives not designated as hedging instruments (Note 25)                      51           81           66 
 Collateral under swap contracts (Note 18)                                              (21)           10         (10) 
 Restricted deposits at banks in respect of financing activities                           -            2          (1) 
 Payments under finance leases, including interest                                       (8)         (29)         (24) 
 Net cash flows used in financing activities                                         (1,367)         (42)      (1,282) 
 
 Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents                   (48)           32         (59) 
 
 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents                                               221          589          118 
 Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year                                1,320          801          683 
                                                                                 -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 
  Add back: decrease/(increase) in cash of disposal groups classified as assets 
   held for sale 
   (Note 12)                                                                              35         (70)            - 
                                                                                 ===========  ===========  =========== 
 Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year                                    $ 1,576      $ 1,320        $ 801 
                                                                                 ===========  ===========  =========== 
 Supplementary cash flow information: 
   Cash flows during the year: 
       Interest paid                                                                 $ (586)      $ (559)      $ (586) 
       Interest received                                                                  23            7            8 
       Income taxes paid by the Group                                                  (249)        (298)        (443) 
 

* The amounts shown here do not correspond to the 2012 financial statements and reflect adjustments made in connection with the obligatory change in the accounting policies.

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