The modernization of the sheet-rolling mill-1700 at the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works is nearing its end. The mill has been modernized since 2018. The first stage saw the commission of a new heating furnace and a bulk coiling machine. This allowed increasing steel coil weight to 16.5 tons as opposed to 9.5 tons…
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has successfully passed the supervisory audit for the compliance with ISO 9001:2015 and DSTU ISO 9001:2015. The audit has been carried out by TÜV SÜD specialists. Following the inspection the specialists recommended prolonging the company certificates for 1 year. (Ukrainian metal)
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works and Azovstal have successfully passed the SASO certification audits necessary to continue exporting metal to Saudi Arabia. The audit showed that the companies were controlling the quality when fulfilling orders. The SGS Ukraine representatives inspected the steel manufacture, as well as documents to produce metal and make samples. Metinvest…
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has finished scheduled repair of the blast furnace No. 2. All the diagnostics and units restoration were carried out in 13 days. The blast furnace has already been commissioned. Metinvest provided 48 million UAH for the repair. (Ukrainian metal)
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has constructed 2 energy efficient cooling towers. Investments in the project amounted to 55.1 million UAH. One of the towers cools water for the sheet-rolling shop-1700 and the cold-rolling shop. The second tower provides cold water for the oxygen shop. With the commission of the two towers the water…
In January-June Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works and Azovstal mastered the manufacture of 27 new rolled metal types. In particular, Azovstal manufactured new products in the plate-rolling shop. The company started producing 10G2FBU strips with the thickness of 10 to 55 mm to be used in the manufacture of large diameter pipes. According to…
Metinvest enterprises are able to satisfy the local demand for galvanized metal with thickness less than 0.3 mm, Metinvest Holding marketing director Roman Kurashev said, commenting Russian and Chinese duties. “First of all, we will commission a modernized hot-rolling mill-1700 at Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, and thus will be using hot-rolled metal with…
In July Energomashspetsstal shipped a batch of rolls for rolling mills to the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. The corresponding agreement was concluded in November 2018. The batch comprised of 7 supporting rolls with the combined weight of over 200 tons. Among them was a bulk roll weighing 120 tons to be used at…
