The leading Italian producer of steelmaking machinery and plants Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. (Danieli) has submitted its application for the international tender for the construction of a new sheet rolling mill in Belarus in association with local steelmaker Byelorussian Iron and Steel Works (BMZ).
According to local media reports which cite the office of the council of ministers of Belarus, Danieli is expected to invest €175 million in the project.
As SteelOrbis previously reported, in October 2009 Belarus opened an international tender for the construction of a new sheet rolling mill with a designed annual capacity of 1.2 million mt of hot rolled sheets in coils, in order to create its own capacities for the production of sheets and with the aim of replacing imports of the products in question. The deadline of the tender was prolonged from January 4, 2010 to March 1, 2010.