Cherepovets Steel Mill Increased Strip Deliveries to Russian Pipe Makers in 2011 by 5%
2.02.2012
OAO Severstal (‘Severstal’ or the ‘Company’), one of the
world’s leading vertically integrated steel and steel related mining companies,
announces that its Cherepovets Steel Mill, part of the Severstal Russian Steel
Division and one of the world's largest standalone integrated steelworks by
capacity, increased deliveries to Russian pipe making companies in 2011 by
5%.
A total of more than 700,000 tonnes of plate were produced
on the wide-strip Rolling Mill 5000 at Severstal’s No.3 Sheet Rolling Shop in
the Kolpino District, St. Petersburg.
The bulk (about 70% or c. 500,000 tonnes) of the products
that came off the Rolling Mill 5000 were sent to the Izhora Pipe Mill which
specializes in the manufacture of large diameter pipes from strips
produced by the Cherepovets Steel Mill and is located in close
proximity to the Rolling Shop.
The continuous production flow: slab (produced at the
Cherepovets Steel Mill) to plate (made at the Rolling Mill 5000, Sheet Rolling
Shop No.3) to pipe (manufactured at the Izhora Pipe Mill) has been efficiently
operating in Kolpino since 2006 and is a major production advantage.
2011 saw a dramatic increase in orders for the Chelyabinsk
Pipe Rolling Plant. Some 30,000 tonnes of plate was shipped to the enterprise
in 2011, including bespoke and unique rolled plate for load-bearing pipes at a
stadium in Kazan, which will be amongst the facilities used to host the
27th World University Summer Games in 2013 and the 2018 FIFA
Football World Cup.
Andrei Lutsenko, chief engineer of the Severstal Russian
Steel Division commented: “The order shipped for the Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling
Plant has enabled us to gain unique experience and develop our product range.
In 2012 we will continue to update our technology and facilities, improve
production efficiency and develop the product mix”.
2011 saw the continuation of deliveries to the Volzhsky Pipe
Mill and Vyksun Metallurgical Plant. Along with pipe makers, the consumers of
the Rolling Mill 5000’s products include leading enterprises in the
machine-building industry such as Uralmashzavod (the Uralmash Plant),
Izhorskiye Zavody (Izhora Plants), Caterpillar TOSNO and Siloviye Mashiny
(Power Machines).These [clients] accounted for some 80,000 tons of products
shipped in 2011.
