-in millions of us dollars
profit for the year
1111
421
adjustments to profit for the year
depreciation and amortisation
479
535
loss on disposal of property plant and equipment
14
15
impairment losses and provision for site restoration
5
179
change in allowance for doubtful accounts
loss on disposal of securities
-
2
change in allowance for obsolete and slow-moving inventory items and write down to net realisable
loss/-gain on disposal of subsidiaries
3
-6
foreign exchange -income/loss net
-60
173
income from available-for-sale investments
-3
-6
gain on sale of available-for-sale investments
-315
-
share of results of associates
-1
-2
operating cashflow before working capital changes
1548
1 642
movements in working capital
-increase/ decrease in trade and other receivables
-124
59
decrease in value added tax recoverable
5
1
increase in inventories
-32
-75
decrease in investments classified as trading
increase in trade and other payables
94
34
cash generated from operations
1491
1 659
income tax paid
-215
-180
net cash generated by operating activities
1191
1 356
purchase of property plant and equipment
-463
-348
purchase of intangible assets
-11
-4
purchase of securities and other financial assets
-2
-
proceeds from sale of property plant and equipment
4
15
proceeds from sale available-for-sale investments
410
-
proceeds from sale of subsidiaries net of disposed cash
-
4
placement of short-term bank deposits
-654
-997
withdrawal of short-term bank deposits
962
852
dividends received from available-for-sale investments
3
6
net cash generated/-used in investing activities
264
-438
the notes on pages 6 to 53 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
magnitogorsk iron & steel works and subsidiaries
consolidated statement of cash flows
for the year ended 31 december 2016
-in millions of us dollars
proceeds from borrowings
524
548
repayments of borrowings
-1920
-1 142
purchase of treasury shares
-204
-282
proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares from treasury
dividends paid to equity holders of the parent company
-180
-103
net cash used in financing activities
-1575
-693
net -decrease/increase in cash and cash
cash and cash equivalents beginning of year
369
327
effect of translation to presentation currency and exchange rate changes on the balance of cash held in foreign
cash and cash equivalents end of year
266
369