UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that Kazakhstan's rail and structural steel plant Aktobe Rail and Section Works has successfully started production at its new rail and section mill supplied by Primetals Technologies.
Contracted to Primetals Technologies in 2013, the combined rail and section mill in Aktobe is able to produce around 200,000 metric tons of rails per year in lengths of up to 120 meters, as well as 230,000 metric tons of angles, U and I-sections. The rails meet the fast growing demand for railway equipment in Kazakhstan and other CIS states.