Nickel production reached 67,500 t in 1Q14, in line with 4Q13 and 3.7% higher than 1Q13

Consolidated nickel production declined 5.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 67.8 thousand tonnes due to the following factors:

Japanese production of stainless steel in Jan surges by12% YoY

Japan’s Ferrosilicon / FeSi Import by Country (Si>55%) in March, 2014

Japan’s Ferrosilicon / FeSi Import by Country(Si≤55%) in March,2014

Last quarter, Russia?s Evraz Group produced 3,866 t of FeV, up 8.4% quarter-on-quarter. The company?s assets produced 2,070 t (up 14%) and the third party enterprises ? 1,797 t (up 2.6%). In January-March, production of Nitrovan (77-81% V; 10-14% N) rose to 6...

North America?s Thompson Creek raised Mo concentrate production to 3,583 t of in Q1, up 9.7% quarter-on-quarter,in view of higher productivity of Thompson Creek mine. Sales of the material decreased to 3,901 t (down 6.5%).

ferrochrome sales volumes for the first quarter of 2014 increased by 9%, increasing from 76 000 t in the first three months of 2013 to 83 000 t in the first quarter of this year.