Kazakhstan's biggest iron ore producer Sokolov-Sarbai Mining Production Association (SSGPO), a subsidiary of mining group Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Plc. (ENRC), has commissioned its new steel rolling mill located in Rudniy in the northern Kazakh region of Kostanay.
SSGPO's new rolling mill has a capacity of 75,000 mt of steel products per year, including 25,900 mt of grinding balls, 7,800 mt of rods, which will be used for SSGPO's own needs, and 41,200 mt of light section steel products and rebar, which will be used to meet the needs of subsidiaries of both SSGPO and ENRC.
The plant is equipped with two 10-mt electric arc furnaces, a 15-mt ladle furnace, and a continuous caster, which produces billets of three different sizes.
"With the commissioning of the steel rolling mill, SSGPO has reached a new phase of development, moving from the category of mining to steel enterprise," SSGPO's president Muhamedjan Turdahunov said.