NLMK Group, an international steel company with operations in Russia, the USA and the European Union, has supplied transformer steel to the Siemens Transformers plant based in the city of Voronezh, Central Russia. The steel product will be used to make a transformer for Burnoye Solar-2 solar power park, which is currently under construction in…
NLMK intends to increase its galvanized rolled metal capacities in 5 years by 28%, to 1.7 million tons, by commissioning a new continuous hot-galvanizing machine with the capacity of 450 thousand tons per year. The company also plans to increase polymer-coated rolled metal output by 36%, to 700 thousand tons per year, after it puts…
NLMK-Kaluga has put into operation a steel-casting ladle with a new wall lining, which decreases refractory materials usage by 25%. The ladle transports liquid steel from the furnace. Earlier NLMK-Kaluga ladles have been lined with refractory bricks. The new technique uses liquid refractory concrete. “We intend to save some 29.1 million rubles a year with…
NLMK Group CEO Oleg Bagrin, Head of Lipetsk region Administration Oleg Korolev, and Head of Lipetsk Sergey Ivanov were the guests of honor at the Time Capsule Ceremony held on November 7 at the site of the future NLMK Corporate University. This ceremony held on NLMK’s anniversary (83 years) marked the symbolic start to construction…
The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), an executive body of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), has suspended a decision in an abuse of market dominance case of Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) on request of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the commission said in a statement. In September, the commission imposed a fine for violation of…
NLMK Lipetsk, NLMK Group’s flagship production site, has completed guarantee testing of pulverized coal injection (PCI) technology at blast furnace No. 6 (with a capacity of 3.1 million tons per year), and at blast furnace No. 7 (with a capacity of 4.3 million tons per year). Tests confirmed that the equipment had reached design capacity.…
At a meeting on October 27, NLMK Group’s Board of Directors recommended the company’s shareholders to approve payment of Q3 dividends of RUB 5.13 per share at the upcoming Extraordinary General Shareholder Meeting (EGM) to be held on December 22. Q3 dividend yield will total 15.5%. NLMK Board of Directors has also recommended that the…
The net profit of the Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) soared by 63% YoY, to $1.022 billion in January-September, as calculated under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the company said in a statement on October 27. Revenue grew by 28%, to $7.25 billion, and EBITDA by 31%, to $1.869 billion. In July-September, the net profit…