NLMK Group, an international steel company, is pleased to announce that RAEX (Expert RA) has assigned it the highest credit rating of ruAAA with a stable outlook, making NLMK Group the first metals and mining company to be awarded the highest rating by the agency. The rating acknowledges the company’s high creditworthiness and financial reliability,…
In August NLMK shipped 986.6 thousand tons of metal via railroad, down by 9.4% YoY. In January-August sales increased by 1.1% YoY, to 8.5 million tons. Russian customers received 2.6 million tons, up by 6.3% YoY, while exports totaled 5.57 million tons, down by 1.4%. (Ukrainian metal)
NLMK Group reports the tragic death of Dr. Bruno de Cooman, NLMK Group Vice President for Research and Development, on August 29 in Moscow. “Bruno De Cooman’s death is an enormous loss for the group and the entire sector, for his friends and family. He has made an invaluable contribution to the development of global…
NLMK has finished assembling new machinery under the project to expand the shipping sites in the hot-rolling shop. The increase of the area to process rolled metal and the development of the infrastructure will create a reserve of hot-rolled coils for the periods of seasonal fluctuations of demand. NLMK supplies hot-rolled metal in coils and…
From next week Severstal and NLMK will increase the purchasing price of rolled sheet following the growth of the export alternatives. In particular, the price of NLMK cold-rolled sheet with the thickness of 1 mm of 08ps steel will be 52 thousand rubles per ton CPT Moscow, up from 50.5 thousand rubles this week. Severstal…
NLMK has finished the repair of and commissioned the converter with the capacity of 160 tons. The repair work has been finished 16 hours earlier, which allowed smelting additionally more than 700 tons of steel. Investments in the project totaled 130 million rubles. At present NLMK operates 3 converters with the volume of 160 tons…
NLMK has purchased 100% shares of Ural Research-Scientific Institute of Architecture and Construction (UralNIIAS). In 2016 the institute revenue grew 2.4-fold, to 162.9 million rubles, with net profit at 10.25 million rubles, up from 28.8 million rubles of losses in 2015. In H1 NLMK increased net profit by 63.1% YoY, to $1.083 billion. (Ukrainian metal)
Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) plans to raise production in July-September as compared with April-June, the company said in a presentation. Operating results of Russian facilities of NLMK are traditionally strong in July-September, which should improve financial results of the company, NLMK said. The company’s steel production rose by 1% QoQ, to 4.381 million tons…
