Evraz launches reconstruction at NKMK

Evraz Group S.A.(“Evraz”) launches rail mill reconstruction at NKMK, its Russian steel plant in Novokuznetsk, Siberia.

According to Evraz press-service after  the completing of reconstruction in 2012, NKMK will be able to produce 25-metre and 100-metre high-speed rails. The investments under the project will total US$440 million. The rail mill capacity will reach approximately one million tonnes of high-speed rails, including 450 thousand tonnes of 100-metre rails.

At present, 100-metre rails are not produced in Russia. The Russian Railways company is expected to be the major buyer of the longer rails. The reconstruction envisages installation of a new automatic rail rolling mill as well as rail hardening and straightening equipment which will enable a significant improvement in rail quality, meeting global requirements for surface and latent defects and straightness.