Russia: CherMK starts producing galvanized plates of high-strength steel

Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works is mastering the manufacture of galvanized plates of high-strength steel grades. This product is in demand from European and domestic manufacturers of metal structures. Since April 2019, CherMK has been operating a continuous hot-dip galvanizing machine No. 4, which produces cold-rolled galvanized sheet, as well as hot-rolled etched galvanized sheet…

Russia: CherMK finishes pre-heating assembly of coke-oven battery No. 11 first unit

Severstal is finishing the pre-heating assembly of the coke-oven battery No. 11 with the technology of charge tramping at Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. The cost of the investment project amounts to 33 billion rubles. The technology will allow processing low-value coal grades from Vorkutaugol without losing quality indexes. Thus the company will not only…

Russia: Severstal invests over 1 billion rubles in CherMK labor safety

In 2019 Severstal invested 1.1 billion rubles in labor safety at Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. In particular, the group has reconstructed premises in order to improve working condition and decrease risk of injuries. The reconstruction mostly concerned ventilation systems, conditioning, replacement of old lighting system and the assembly of railings. All in all there…