rolledtubes facilities inRussia
andtheCISwillgrowby700kt
by2017against2012.FQM
Mill,capacity:600ktwillbe
commissionedatSeverskPipes
Works in2014.OMKplans
tocommission facilities for
productionof350ktofseamless
hot-rolledtubes in2016.
MMKPlanstoIncrease
DomesticSuppliesby
700kt
Despitepessimistic forecasts
of thedevelopmentofRussian
andglobaleconomiesMMK
regards2014withoptimism.
According toA.Titov, Senior
Manager forRegionalSales,
MMK, thecompanyplans to
increasedomesticsupplies
by700kt Inhisbelief,put-
updemandcausedby
Olympics’2014 will increase
domesticmarketcapacity
steepeningcompetition
amongsteelproducts
manufacturers.MMKplans to
increase itsmarketshareby
masteringnewsteelgrades
andconstruction typesof
products. Inaddition to that,
thecompanyplans to replace
droppingdemand forbent
shapes in the railwaysegment
byconstructionsegment.
RussianSteelProduced
54.2MtofRolledStock
in2013
RussianSteelmainassets
producedthetotalof
4.65Mtof rolledstock in
December2013 (+5%against
correspondingperiod2012,+
6%againstNovember2013).
Thetotaloutput in2013
droppedby2%to54.2Mt
against2012.Domestic
suppliesreached2.41Mt in
December2013(+4.4%against
correspondingperiod2012,
-2%againstNovember2013).
Totaldomesticsupplies in
2013grew0.61%upto31.3Mt
against2012.Exports in
December2013reached2.24Mt
(+5.5%againstcorresponding
period2012,+16.3%against
November2013).Totalsexports
in2103droppedby5.4%to
22.9Mtagainst2012.
UMMC-Steel to
Produceabout1Mtof
RolledStock
A.K. SerovMetallurgicalPlant
producedabout340ktof
iron, around600ktof steel
and460ktof longproducts
in2013. Since2009 theplant
hasextendedproducts
rangedue tobearingsteels,
roundsof290—300mm,
axisbillets (squaresof215
and230mm), round rolled
stockof115—130mmand
10mm, andhexahedronsof
8mm. Electrostal,Tumen,
anotherassetof thecompany
wascommissionedonJuly
24,2013.Reinforcingbars
ofА240,А400andА500С
grades,profilersofА240—
20mm,А400—12,14,16,
20and25m;А500С—10,12,
14,16and20mmhavebeen
alreadymastered. Since its
commissioning till January
2014 theplantproduced
11.2ktof rolledstock.A.K.
SerovMetallurgicalPlantplans
toproduceandsell500kt,
Electrostal,Tumen:490ktof
rolledstock in2014.
TMK-INOX
CommissionedSlitting
Line
TMK-INOX(a jointproject
ofROSNANOandTMK)
commissionedacoilsslitting line
aspartofastrategicprogram
onreconstructionofstainless
tubesfacilities.Thenew line
isdesignedtoslitcoilsof30t
weight,upto1600mmwidth,
and0.4—6mmthickness.
Theaggregatedesigned in
compliancewithEuropean
standardsensureshighslitting
speed:upto200m/min.
Inclusiveofthenew line,TMK-
INOX isnowabletoproduce
8kt/yofstainlesstubular
products,8—114mm india. for
theautomotive, food,power
engineering,andconstruction
industries incompliance
withthehighestRussianand
internationalstandards.
OMKIncorporated
ChusovoyMetallurgical
Works
OMKannouncedacquisitionof
ChusovoyMetallurgicalWorks.
Asa leader in theRussian
automobilespringsmarket,
theworksproduces400
typesof springsaccounting
formore than60%of the
total springsmarket.The
productsof theworksaresold
domesticallyandexported.
ChusovoyMetallurgicalWorks
is incorporated inOMKaspart
of theprojectonestablishing
an integrated tubesandsteel-
makingcomplexproducing
seamless tubes, springplates,
and railwaywheelsbillets.The
total investments in theproject
areplanned to reach50bn
rubles in2014—2017.
Severstal andChTPZSigned
StrategicPartnershipAgreement
A
meetingof theCoordinationCouncilofChTPZGroup
andSeverstalwasheldatCherMKwhere theparties
signedstrategicpartnershipagreement for the
periodofup to2015.Thepartnersagreedondeveloping
cooperationwith theaim tosupplyChTPZwithhighquality
Severstalproducts for tubesmanufacture.ChTPZand
Severstal alreadycarryouta jointcross-functionalproject
oncreatingsuppliesmanagementsystem interim results
ofwhichweresummedupat themeeting.Delegatesof
themeetingpointedout thatapplicationsprocessing
andspecificationsquotation timeshortened.Order
performance, suppliesofCherepovets rolledstock to
Chelyabinsk inclusivewill shortenon theaverage from45
to36days.“Due tocarryingout the jointcross-functional
projectwithChTPZwe intend togainadditional competitive
advantagewhichwill includeacomplexofmeasures
focusedon increase insuppliesefficiency”, commentedS.
Toropov,GeneralManager, SeverstalRussianSteelDivision.
Anothermeetingof thecoordinationcouncilwillbeheld
thisyearatChTPZ,Chelyabinsk.
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