Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works has carried out a scheduled repair of its 5000-mill in the sheet-rolling shop. The repair lasted for 6 days. Investment in the project totaled 94 million rubles. The preparation for the repair began in late 2018. (Ukrainian metal)
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works blast furnace No. 4 has turned 50. The blast furnace produces one fourth of all the company pig iron. The furnace was blown on March 27, 1969, and the first pig iron was produced on March 29. The volume of the furnace was 2.7 thousand cubic meters, and the capacity…
All the three converters of the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works have been switched to using combined steel blow technique. The total cost of the investment project exceeded 350 million rubles. With the new technique the time of the converter smelting will decrease by 0.5-1.5 minutes, which will result in the company savings of some…
Severstal and Air Liquide have signed a long-term contract on the delivery of oxygen, nitrogen and argon to Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. The French company will invest some EUR 50 million in the construction of an air-separating machine, which will improve energy efficiency and decrease environment impact. The capacity of the machine, to be…
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works has put into operation an electric bridge crane valued at some 60 million rubles. The new crane with the capacity of 35/15 tons will be used to transport bulky rolls weighing up to 30 tons in the metal coating shop No. 1. The crane-replacement program started in 2016 in order…
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works has been smelting steel for 10 years. On March 1, 2009, the converter shop, electric arc furnace shop and limestone-dolomite shop were united into the steel-smelting manufacture. In 10 years the combined output of converter and electric steel exceeded 110 million tons. In 2018 the company produced 9.9 million tons.…
Severstal-Vtorchermet has carried out an investment project to construct a new machine – a press to make briquettes of metal shavings at the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. Investments in the project totaled 150 million rubles. The construction began in Q1 2018. The machinery was supplied by ATM, Austria. The machine will reach its design…
In 2019 Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works intends to repair 25 km of railroad. 21 km will be reconstructed using ferroconcrete assembled rails and sleepers. Investments in the project will amount to 550 million rubles. All the railroads (440 km) are expected to be repaired within 10 years. (Ukrainian metal)