The Russian steel producer
Severstal and
Russia's largest oil and gas
pipe producer
TMK have signed an agreement on cooperation in 2011, defining the basic parameters of cooperation between the companies. In particular, the agreement has set some conditions regarding delivery of
Severstal's steel coils and plates for
manufacturing of oil and gas pipes at
TMK.
In 2011, in order to improve the quality of steel products supplied to
TMK,
Severstal plans to complete several investment projects at
Severstal Cherepovets, its main steel producing facility in
Russia. Among the main projects are the installation of an automated surface quality control system at flat rolling shop No. 2, and the development of a secondary cooling system for steel strip grades, implemented in the converter shop.
In 2010,
Severstal more than tripled its supplies on year-on-year basis to
TMK, delivering more than 40,000 mt of steel
plate of K65 grade (high strength) for the
production of pipes supplied to the Russian state-run gas monopoly Gazprom for the construction of the Bovanenkovo-Ukhta gas trunkline system.