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.
