Russia: KZOTsM share on flat rolled metal market to grow

Kirov Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works has finished the main stage of its capacity modernization. The company is commissioning three machines with the combined cost of 1.4 billion rubles: a cold-rolling mill, modernized transfer tables of the hot-rolling mill and the Salico slitting and shearing line. The Kvarto-450 cold-rolling mill modernization was the most expensive. The…

Russia: KZOTsM starts manufacturing new products

In February Kirov Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works has started manufacturing a new import-replacing product – cold-rolled copper plates. They are used in ferrous metallurgy when producing crystallizers and are mostly imported from Europe. The company plate-straightening machine EZW43Q-90*1300 provides for straightening of sheets and plates with the thickness of 20-90 mm, while the band saw…

Russia: Kirov Non-Ferrous Works output up in January-October 2017

In January-October Kirov Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works increased rolled metal output by 5% YoY. In particular, rolled copper manufacture went up by 13.5%, and copper-nickel rolled metal – by 45%. Sheet manufacture demonstrated the largest growth among product types: 14.4% YoY, with copper sheet up by 24.4%. Belt output increased by 5%. (Ukrainian metal)