Business Review Special Steel

8 CITIC Pacific Summary Financial Report 2009 Key operational highlights • 6.4 million tonnes of special steel produced in 2009 • Achieved profitability in a very challenging market environment • Organic growth through expansion of existing facilities • Continued focus on rationalising product mix to meet the challenges of a changing market

CITIC Pacific Summary Financial Report 2009 9 10 Business Review Pr C I T I C P a c i f i c S u m m a r y F i n a n c i a l R e p o r t 2 0 0 9 2009 R e v i e w o f 2 0 0 9 S p e c i a l S t e e l in steel recovery

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mills for the year were 6% of total sales compared with CITIC Pacific Special Steel’s profit contribution in 2009 16% in 2008. Demand for higher quality special steel was HK$1,415 million, a decrease of 12% compared declined as well. Although prices of special steel with 2008. However, all three of our steel plants products rose in the second half of 2009, they were still generated operating profits, and total profit well below the average of 2008. contribution in the second half of 2009 increased 70% compared with the first half. 2009 monthly profit

HK$ million Production and Sales 250 In 2009, total production of special steel was 6.4 million 200 tonnes. The amount sold was about the same, and both

150 production and sales were approximately 2% higher compared with 2008. Demand for special steel products 100 picked up quarter by quarter during the year. This was

50 reflected in the utilisation rates of our steel mills, which were around 75% in the early part of 2009 and close to 0 full capacity at year-end. JanFeb MarApr MayJun JulAug SepOct Nov Dec

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Products are manufactured and delivered according to 44% of our products were sold directly to component customers’ requirements. Typically, delivery periods manufacturers. Many buyers of our products are range from one to three months after the order is producers affiliated with or contracted to placed with the majority being less than two months. manufacturers in the auto, machinery manufacturing,

oil and petrochemical industries. Our end users include Our products are sold to these industries Toyota, General Motors, Honda, Volkswagen, Volvo, Percentage Percentage Caterpillar and SKF. 2009 Sales of total change Industry (’000 tonne) sales from 2008 Demand for special steel products from overseas Auto components 2,799 44% 5% customers was very weak in 2009 and, as a result, Machinery 1,401 22% 0% exports of our special steel products were 6% of total manufacturing sales compared with 16% in 2008. Metal works 721 11% (13)% Power generation 464 7% 12% Domestic vs. export sales Oil and petrochemical 343 5% (10)% Railway 177 3% 13% 05 93% 7% Shipbuilding 138 2% 38% 06 88% 12% Others 389 6% 0% Total 6,432 100% 2% 07 83% 17%

Auto component manufacturers remain an important 08 84% 16% customer segment for our special steel products. Benefiting from the Chinese government’s stimulus 09 94% 6% plan, auto sales increased significantly in 2009, which in turn pushed up demand for special steel. This was Domestic Export reflected in our 5% sales increase in the auto component sector. However, the majority of the increased vehicles sold were small capacity passenger vehicles, which do not use a lot of special steel. Other large capacity vehicles, such as buses and commercial vehicles, use much more special steel but sales increases for these were relatively small.

CITIC Pacific Summary Financial Report 2009 13 14 Business Review C I T I C P a c i f i c S u m m a r y F i n a n c i a l R e p o r t 2 0 0 9 O u r p r o d u c t s a r e e x p o r t e d t o t h e s e r e g i o n s Monthly expo S p e c i a l S t e e l ’000 tonne Asia country

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Raw Materials Iron Ore Major raw materials used Country Percentage of total Main supplier Australia 35% BHP, Hamersley, Percentage Percentage Fortescue 2009 of total raw of production Type (’000 tonnes) material cost cost China 19% Small mines in Northeast China and Iron ore 9,200 29% 26% Hebei province Coke 2,640 20% 18% Brazil 18% Vale Scrap steel 1,680 19% 17% India 12% Noble, Mineral Alloy 240 13% 11% Enterprises Coal 2,200 10% 8% Others 16% Asia Energy Total 15,960 91% 80% Of the total 9.2 million tonnes of iron ore purchased in Price of major raw materials 2009, approximately 35% was sourced through supply contracts. The rest was purchased on the spot market. RMB/tonne 4,000 With increased steel production beginning in May, 3,500 the market spot price of iron ore rebounded from the 2,500 trough in April. 2,000 When CITIC Pacific’s iron ore mine in Australia is in 1,500 full production, it will be able to supply sufficient 1,000 concentrate to meet the steel mills’ requirement for 500 pellet making. 0 2008 MarJun SepDec 2009 MarJun SepDec

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Overseas markets are expected to recover gradually, million tonnes by the end of 2011. The two special steel and exports from our special steel mills are projected plate production lines being constructed will be to increase significantly. completed in the first half of 2010 and 2011 respectively. As a result, our product range will be Over-supply in certain categories of special steel at further expanded. Products will include shipbuilding the lower end of the product spectrum means that plate steel, engineering mechanism steel, petroleum improving product quality and moving the product mix pipeline steel and pressure vessel steel. The products upwards are essential for us to remain competitive. from these lines will also be used in industries that Looking at 2010, we will continue to develop markets require special steel with characteristics such as for products where we expect increasing demand. resistance to high temperature, corrosion, high strength For example, we are co-operating with Bekaert, a world and hardness. leading company in drawn steel wire products and The market for medium plates has been growing rapidly applications, to develop further the market for steel in China in recent years, with strong demand for high cord thread, which is mainly used in the auto and quality, high value-added plates. This market currently machinery industries. 2009 saw sales of this product relies on imports, in particular pipeline steel, ship plate reaching 100,000 tonnes. Another example is round and those used in marine engineering and machinery bloom steel used in wind power generation. We are the manufacturing. Products from the new lines will be able only producer in China capable of producing large to meet future demand for similar products in China. diameter (800mm) casting round tube billet. With China’s increasing need for wind power, sales of this In Xin Yegang, two new lines with a total annual product reached 230,000 tonnes in 2009, a rise of over production capacity of 630,000 tonnes of medium wall 56% from 2008. seamless steel tubes were completed in the second half of 2009. Products from the two lines are widely used in As the largest special steel producer in China, CITIC the machinery manufacturing, energy, petrochemical, Pacific benefits from economies of scale combined with coal and military industries. In the past year, the our leadership position in the types of steel produced. European Union and the United States imposed Our Jiangyin Xingcheng Special Steel currently has an anti-dumping duties on all Chinese steel tube annual production capacity of three million tonnes. manufacturers. As a result, sales of our seamless steel Another three million tonnes will be added allowing the tubes were affected to some extent. plant to increase its steel producing capacity to six

CITIC Pacific Summary Financial Report 2009 17 18 Business Review C I T I C P a c i f i c S u m m a r y F i n a n c i a l R e p o r t 2 0 0 9 CITIC C I T I C PF a c i a f i c c S t p e s c i a l S a t e n e l d S t a t i s t i c s m a n u f a c t u r e r capacity P r o d u c t s u s e d i n a p a s s e n g e r v e h i c l e the million Our Steel, ideally t e mN p o eC n o r - n e n q d e u c t e s i n t o c e n e h r l e o d d & GearE n gG i e n asteel e r b g o e x a , r s t e e r i n g g e a r , A l l oCrankshaft y s t r u c t u r a l s t e e l steel products spring heavy i n d u s t r i e s , m a n u f a c t u r i n g , energy, S p e c i a l S t e e l

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Special Steel Production Process furnace, an ‘RH’ or vacuum degassing furnace, and a continuous casting and rolling process, steel billets are Our three special steel plants employ two different produced and shaped to various specifications technological approaches: long and short processes. according to customers’ specific requirements. The The long process uses iron ore and coke as raw management teams at the plants are focused on cost materials, while the short process uses scrap steel, pig efficiency and product quality, and will therefore iron or molten iron. During the next phase of both the choose whichever one of the processes that has the long and short processes, alloys are added to the lowest raw material input costs. molten steel produced. Through a ladle-refining

Blasting furnace Converter* LF Ladle Continuous Iron ore refining casting furnace machine Coke

Alloy Products Continuous Scrap steel rolling mill Vacuum / RH Electric arc degassing furnace furnace

* Xin Yegang does not use a converter

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primarily used in the machinery manufacturing, energy, Jiangyin Xingcheng’s products petrochemical, coal and military industries.

Xin Yegang is located in the city of Huangshi next to the 7% 23% Yangtze River, with three 5,000 tonne wharfs. In the 12% future, CITIC Pacific’s mini-cape sized ships will transport iron ore from various sources to ports on 16% the Yangtze River, where it will be transshipped to 11% Xin Yegang and unloaded at its wharves. As a result, 8% trans-shipment costs should be reduced. 23% Type of product Certification Bearing steel SKF, FAG Gear steel Bearing steel Forgings FOMAS Group Alloy spring steel Alloy structural steel Seamless steel tubes EU Carbon structural steel Wire Others (gas cylinder & pressure vessel), structural steel tube Xin Yegang’s products Gear steel Caterpillar worldwide supplier and bronze supplier certificate 1% 19%

15% Steel Mill (Shigang) 19% www.csggs.com 17% Located in the city of Shijiazhuang in Hebei Province, Shigang (www.csggs.com) benefits not only from the 18% 11% efficient transportation networks around and , but also from abundant coal resources in neighbouring Shanxi Province. Established in 1957, Gear steel Bearing steel Shigang is a manufacturer of special steel with an Alloy spring steel Alloy structural steel annual production capacity of over two million tonnes. Carbon structural steel Seamless steel tubes Others

Its main products include bearing steel, gear steel and Shigang’s products alloy structural steel, which are supplied mainly to the auto components and machinery manufacturing sectors. 6% Type of product Certification 30% 20% Alloy structural steel Sinotruck, Dongfeng Auto, Shandong Wendeng Hengrun, YTO Group 14% Carbon structure steel, gear steel First Automobile Works, non-quenched & tempered steel, Shanxi Fast Gear 26% Bearing steel Bearing 4%

Gear steel Bearing steel Alloy spring steel Alloy structural steel Carbon structural steel Others

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