United Metallurgical Company (OMK) subsidiary Vyksa Iron and Steel Works in Nizhniy Novgorod region increased train wheel production in 2019. At the end of the year, the total number of wheels produced was 951,000, up by 11% YoY. This is the highest number yet in the facility’s train wheel rolling history. Exports were at an…
In 2019 the level of impact of the Vyksa Iron and Steel Works on the city air decreased more than by 46%. This was due to the shutdown of the outdated open-hearth shop and some environment protection measures. In particular, the company has replaced filtering elements and modernized its dust exhaust equipment. In the past…
In 2019 Vyksa Iron and Steel Works hired a record number of employees. In particular, 1720 have been hired, including 337 by ways of internal rotation. This is the highest result in five years. Previously it did not exceed 1200 people per year. (Ukrainian metal)
The railway wheel production by Vyksa Steel Works, a part of United Metallurgical Company (OMK), increased by 11% YoY, to 951,000 in 2019, the company said in a statement on January 20. Exports to the non-CIS states fell by 66.7%, the company said without disclosing absolute figures. The share of foreign contracts in the portfolio…
Electric-welded casing pipes with premium threaded joints manufactured by Vyksa Iron and Steel Works have successfully passed Gazprom tests. As a result of the inspection, the pipes have been included in the registry of pipe products that can be used in Gazprom constriction. This allows VMZ to participate in auctions to supply pipes to Gazprom.…
Vyksa Iron and Steel Works has assembled over 50% of the metal structures of the projected 21 thousand tons for the building of the pipe-rolling shop, which will produce casing seamless pipes. The builders have started assembling roof and walls. The frame of the building is expected to have been completed by the end of…
The interregional department of the Russian Environment Control Service in Nizhniy Novgorod region and the Republic of Mordovia has filed a suit against Vyksa Iron and Steel Works. The service demands the payment of 7.5 million rubles. According to the company, the details the suit are still unknown to it. (Ukrainian metal)
Russia’s United Metallurgical Company (OMK) has launched construction of a 50-billion ruble seamless pipes facility at its subsidiary Vyksa Iron and Steel Works. “The goal of the project is to satisfy current and future demand in line and threaded seamless pipes, including pipelines for difficult production conditions and directional drilling by oil and gas companies…