January 17, 2014. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) was No.1 in the rating carried by Metallosnabzheniye I Sbyt magazine (in the category denoted as Flat Stock Supplies); it was also given the second position in the Deep-Level Processing Goods category and the fourth position in the Rolled Section Steel Supplies category. MMK METIZ was given the third position among Russia’s metal goods producers. MMK Trading House was also among the best in the Trading Firms category.

The rating was based on the votes submitted by visitors to a portal called Metalinfo.ru, who commented on which companies they think are the leaders in the various segments of Russian ferrous and non-ferrous metals markets as well as on the questionnaires filled in by the companies themselves and on the additional data on the market players’ activity available from open sources.

The best companies were defined on the basis of the following criteria: the business development dynamics, the shipment volumes, the quality of servicing, the quality of goods, and the suppliers’ reliability in terms of how strictly they comply with their contractual obligations.