Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works of
Russia (
MMK) has announced that a double-strand
slab continuous casting mill was put in operation at the plant.
The new mill was installed as a part of a program of creating a complex of steel casting
production in the arc furnace workshop of
MMK.
The new mill will produce slabs of principally new quality of the section 250 x (1,250-2,350) mm. The
slab length of all sections varies from 4,800 to 12,000 mm, including ’double length' slabs with a crosspiece.
The total investment put in the installation of the new
slab mill amounted to $18.5 million.