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Metinvest to Launch BOF Steel Rail Production at Azovstal
04/29/2011 - Metinvest is launching BOF steel rails production at Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. The manufacturing procedure for the rails production has been approved by Azovstal’s strategic partner, Ukrainian Rail monopoly Ukrzaliznytsya.
Metinvest is launching BOF steel rails production at Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. The manufacturing procedure for the rails production has been approved by Azovstal’s strategic partner, Ukrainian Rail monopoly Ukrzaliznytsya.
Metinvest experts together with Energostal, the State Research and Development Center of Ukraine, have developed and evaluated the manufacturing practice for BOF steel rails, and all delivery trials have been successful. According to the company, adoption of this advanced manufacturing practice will help to reduce both operating costs and energy consumption while also improving the company’s total operating efficiency.
A meeting of the inter-departmental commission on BOF steel rails production was held this week (April 28) at the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. Representatives of Ukrzaliznytsya also participated in the meeting, during which the parties decided to enable production of railway rails from BOF steel.
“Adoption of high-technology manufacturing practices is one of the strategic tasks of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works and Metinvest Group aimed at improved operating efficiency, revamping of steel facilities, implementation of innovative approaches and expansion into new sales markets,” noted Enver Tskitishvili, Director General of PJSC Azovstal Iron and Steel Works.
Metinvest, the largest iron ore producer in Ukraine, was the sixth largest producer globally in 2009. Metinvest is ranked amongst the ten largest steel plate producers in the world, placed 28th largest steel producer in the world according to World Steel Association (WSA) and the second largest producer of steel in Ukraine, having produced 24.0% of all steel manufactured in the country in 2009. In November 2010 Metinvest acquired Ilyich Steel, one of the largest steelmaking companies in Ukraine that can double its crude steel capacity.
In 2009 Metinvest enterprises mined 9.6 million tonnes of coking coal, produced 4.1 million tonnes of metallurgical coke, 7 million tonnes of crude steel and 9.2 million tonnes of finished steel products.
