14 August 2012 — EVRAZ plc (LSE: EVR)
(the Company) announces the restart of operations at EVRAZ Highveld Steel and
Vanadium (South Africa) which had been temporarily suspended as a result of an
industrial action announced by EVRAZ Highveld’s largest union NUMSA at the end
of July. A suitable agreement has been reached between EVRAZ Highveld and NUMSA
which ends the four-week strike.
The main dissenting issue, namely converting the three-shift system to a law
compliant four-shift system, has been resolved and all operational employees
reported to duty on 13 August 2012 on the new four-shift system. Agreement has
further been reached on certain compensation for the employees who would have
been negatively financially impacted by the implementation of the four - shift
system.
The steelworks re-started on 13 August 2012 and it is expected
that the steelworks will be fully operational by the end of August. The Company
will focus on meeting all orders and commitments to its clients and partners.
The EBITDA of EVRAZ Highveld in 2011 represented less than 1% of
consolidated EBITDA of EVRAZ plc and the labour actions in South Africa have had
no material effect on the financial performance of EVRAZ during the current
period.
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