In October Evraz ZSMK delivered 566 thousand tons of products via railroad to local customers and abroad, up by 6.8% MoM and by 5.2% YoY. In September the results were up by 23% and by 7% respectively, while in August – up by 6.5%, but down by 7.5%. In October Evraz ZSMK supplied 170.3 thousand…
Evraz ZSMK specialists have developed the technique to produce new kinds of rails. Preliminary tests have been successfully carried out at the works. The new DT400IK rails are the improved version of DT370IK for complex sites of railroad, with wear resistance 13% higher than ordinary rails. Another new product is DT350VS400 rails for the high-speed…
Evraz ZSMK has finished reconstructing its electric arc furnace. Investments totaled 300 million rubles. The reconstruction will decrease manufacturing expenses, while improving productivity. Time to produce steel will also decrease, and the output will go up by 100 thousand tons, to 931 thousand tons per year. (Ukrainian metal)
Evraz ZSMK has started producing B500V rebars with the diameter of 12-40 mm for the markets of Poland and the Netherlands. During the test the rebars have been checked by Zetom (Poland) and KIWA (the Netherlands) specialists. Rebars have successfully passed the tests and confirmed their correspondence to PN EN 10080 Stal do zbrojenia betonu…
Over 800 tons of Evraz rails have been shipped to the city of Nizhniy Novgorod to construct the railroad to the new subway station of Strelka. For this order Evraz ZSMK produced R50 rails with the length of 25 meters. Evraz rails have been used in most of Russian and CIS subways. They have been…
Evraz ZSMK has put into operation a new 320-ton converter in its steelmaking shop. The old machine was shut down on April 10. Replacement works have been finished in less than 3 months. Investments exceeded 1 billion rubles. The converter has been designed and produced by Yuzhno-Uralsk Machine-Building Works. The new gas-purifying units will decrease…
Evraz ZSMK has finished the capital repairs of the blast furnace No. 2. The repair will improve work efficiency, increase the lifetime and decrease blast furnace manufacture impact on the environment. Evraz spent around 1 billion rubles on the furnace repair. In 2016 ZSMK repaired its BF1, in 2018 BF3 will be repaired. ZSMK blast…
Evraz ZSMK has put into operation the new rewinding machine. The Italian mill rewinds large 1-2.5 tons coils into smaller one of 100-150 kg. Such coils are easier to transport and unload, and their unwinding does not require additional equipment. The new mill is an important stage of a major capacity developing project. In 2013…
