Severstal will buy a Korean compressor for Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. The first deliveries of equipment are scheduled for autumn. The goal of the investment project is to decrease electricity consumption while producing air buy using energy efficient compressors. The assembly of the compressors will be finished next year. The total cost of the…
Severstal and KamAZ have signed a long-term agreement on metal supplies in 2019. The company will supply cold- and hot-rolled metal to be used in the manufacture of various spare parts. In 2018 Severstal delivered over 47 thousand tons of metal to KamAZ. Last year the company also started supplying steel grades to replace import…
In 2018 Severstal sold 150 thousand tons of new types of products developed under the Product Innovations project. In particular, in late 2018 in less than a month a non-standard order was designed and produced for Severstal Steel Structures. Earlier several months would have been needed. The company produces roofing sheet and asked to make…
Sustainalytics, one of the key rating agencies of the ESG sphere, has increased Severstal rating from 54 to 70 points (of the 100 possible), giving it the 8th place among 42 metal companies all over the world. Severstal has also been awarded the “Advanced Company” title. This year Severstal intends to increase investments in environment…
Last year Severstal produced some 12 million tons of steel. Mill-2000 accounted for over 6 million tons. Previously Severstal was able to reach such a record in 1980s. “We have set a task for ourselves – the share of new products in our portfolio has to be 30% by 2023. Now it’s just 5%. For…
In 2018 Severstal sold over 5 million tons of rolled metal to local construction companies, up by 7.1% YoY. At the same time, the growth of metal consumption in construction sphere was only 1%. The sales growth is due to additional lines of coated metal. In particular, in December 2018, the company produced the record…
Severstal, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated steel and steel-related mining companies, announces that Moody’s has upgraded its rating on Severstal to Baa2 from Baa3 and changed its outlook from positive to stable. Moody’s also raised Russia’s country ceilings for foreign currency debt to Baa2/P-2 from Baa3/P-3 and the ceilings for local currency-denominated debt…
This year Severstal will invest 56.6 billion rubles in the development of the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works and other Severstal Russian Steel manufacturing assets. Some 75% of the funds, or 42.7 billion rubles, will account for development projects. The largest of them are the construction of a new blast furnace No. 3 “Cherepovchanka” and…