Nlmk. January

NLMK Group’s steel production in Q4 2011 amounted to 3.2 million tonnes (+9.6% quarter-on-quarter). The Group’s steelmaking facilities were running at about 91% (97% at the Lipetsk production site; 56% at the Long Products Division; and 74% at NLMK’s international divisions, including 71% at NLMK Indiana and 79% at NLMK Verona). Blast Furnace #7 (BF-7) utilization rates at Novolipetsk (NLMK’s main production site in Lipetsk) continued to increase as planned. As ...

NLMK reports that NSMMZ, its Urals based Long Steel Division steelmaking facility has successfully re-launched the second 1.1 mtpy Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) at its Revda steelmaking facility, following repairs to a transformer at the plant since mid 2011. The equipment has passed all required high voltage tests. Repairs, worth a total of RUR22 million, were undertaken by a local engineering company. Currently both NSMMZ’s EAFs are running as planned under the Company’s ...

The first slabs have been successfully cast at Novolipetsk’s (NLMK’s main production site in Lipetsk) newly revamped 1 mtpy vertical continuous casting machine (CCM-3). Following the revamp, CCM-3 capacity increased by 300 ktpy due to higher casting rates and shorter periods between repairs. Product mix capabilities have been expanded, with new equipment allowing slab thickness of up to 315 mm and steel quality has been improved due to increased process automation. The ...