Media releases

Ostrava, March 23, 2010. Evraz Charity Fund invited handicapped children and their parents and teachers to meet the players of ice-hockey team HC Vitkovice Steel. Children had the unique possibility to see a closed training session of HC Vitkovice Steel players in CEZ Arena. Children also enjoyed  meeting  the players and prepared entertainment. 

Ostrava 26th February 2010 - The Blood Centre of the University Hospital Ostrava and the Kindergarten in Zelená Street, Ostrava - Mariánské Hory are the first to use the donation of several hundreds of thousands of Czech Crowns given by Evraz Charity Fund. The money has already been given to those in need: children.

Ostrava 16th February 2010 - EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a. s. acquired several certificates necessary for the export of steel products with a high added value and last year, realized a trial lot of sheet piles to Russia. As a result, the company managed to increase its competitiveness, regardless of the difficult situation in the steel industry.

Ostrava January 6, 2010 - Representatives of non-profit organizations from the Moravian-Silesian region met with Zbynek Kvapik, chairman of the board of Evraz Charity Fund in Clarion Congress hotel in Ostrava to receive the deeds of gift in the total amount of 8.9 million CZK for projects which obtain funding from the Evraz Charity Fund.

May 22, 2009 - Evraz Group (LSE: EVR) ("Evraz") announced an appointment of Mr. Zbynek Kvapik as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Evraz Vitkovice Steel, Evraz’s subsidiary in Czech Republic.

Ostrava, February 2, 2009 EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL delivered a project documentation of ”Secondary dust-removal of NS 220 steel plant“ within the application of integrated permission for Steel plant I. to the Regional Authority in Ostrava.