Metalloinvest and the United Metal Company have held another meeting of the coordination council at Ural Steel. The participants discussed the manufacture and delivery of Ural Steel continuous cast billet for the production of railroad wheels at Vyksa Iron and Steel Works. At the meeting the quality of the billet and wheels was discussed. Though…
In July Vyksa Iron and Steel Works received 39 thousand tons of scrap via railroad. According to the railroad statistics, deliveries dropped by 132.7% YoY. In January-July scrap deliveries to VMZ reached 330.1 thousand tons, down by 28.5% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In July Vyksa Iron and Steel Works decreased steel sales via railroad by 18.9% YoY, to 130.9 thousand tons, both to local customers and abroad. In January-July railroad deliveries grew by 21% YoY, to 1.37 million tons. Supplies to Russian customers increased by 19.7% YoY, to 1.05 million tons, while exports went up by 25.5%,…
Vyksa Iron and Steel Works has successfully tested the machine to apply protective coating to the pipes in the casing pipe finishing shop. The new Venkajob machine will be used to coat pipes with the special UV-varnish to protect the metal surface from the environment impact and prevent corrosion in transit. During the tests the…
Vyksa Iron and Steel Works has supplied a batch of railroad wheels for high-speed passenger trains of its own design to Tver Car-Building Plant. The wheels can be used with speeds up to 200 km/h. Previously VMZ supplied wheels that could be used in passenger cars at the speeds up to 160 km/h. “In Q1…
In July Vyksa Iron and Steel Works has shipped to Gazpromneft-Khantos the first batch of casing pipes with OTTM thread joints. The pipes with the diameter of 324 mm and the wall thickness of 9.5 were produced at the arc furnace shop No. 3 with the further creating of threads. “Thanks to the center of…
In January-June Vyksa Iron and Steel Works produced over 425 thousand tons of railroad wheels. The increase in the output is the result of the growing demand, including from the main customer – the Russian Railroads. “The works capacities allow quickly reacting to the changes on the market. Thanks to the efficiency of the manufacture…
The United Metallurgical Company has choseOMKn Danieli as the supplier of the main machinery to produce seamless pipes at Vyksa Iron and Steel Works. The works will be able to produce seamless casing, compressor-pump and oil and gas pipes. Commissioning of the machinery is scheduled for 2021. The design capacity will be 500 thousand tons…