Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has started another stage of its large-scale steel capacities modernization. In particular, reconstruction of one of the three converters in the steel smelting shop has begun. New gas-purifying equipment will be assembled at the converter to decrease air pollution. The oxygen-converter manufacture provides the company with over 4 million tons…
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has started manufacturing a new type of products at its rail and beam mill – uneven angles with the size of 160×100 mm. Such angles are widely used in metal structure construction and manufacture of railroad cars. Uneven angles at ChMK are produced by hot rolling, as such wares have…
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has produced a wide range of rolled metal for the construction of major road infrastructure in Moscow. In particular, rebars, sheets and flanged beams were used in the construction of the southern alternate route to Kutuzovsky avenue, as well as northeastern and southeastern spans. Some 6 thousand tons of metal…
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has passed on to another stage of the capital repairs of one of its three blast furnaces – the builders have started assembling a new blast furnace. The repair of the blast furnace No. 4 began in July. At first the old equipment and machinery was disassembled. Now the new…
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works is increasing rail and beam mill product range – the company has mastered the manufacture of a new channel for the construction industry. A trial batch of the 30P channel has been produced. The product quality corresponds to GOST 8240. The first batch of 20 tons has been shipped to…
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has started manufacturing a new product at its rail and beam mill – the SVN 27 mine props. These products are in constant demand on the market. When assembling the SVP 27 props, the ChMK produced SVP 22 sections are also used. “This is the 72nd size of the product…
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has produced the 2.5-mllionth ton of rolled metal since its rail and beam mill was commissioned. The mill was commissioned in 2013. Of 2.5 million tons rails account for 1 million tons, or 40%. Over 70% of the rails manufactured were supplied to RZD. (Ukrainian metal)
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has shut down one of its three blast furnaces for capital repairs. The repair is scheduled to be completed this year. The modernization will decrease harmful emissions by 42 tons per year. The design capacity of the blast furnaces at ChMK is 4 million tons of pig iron per year.…