The Russian mining and steel producing company Mechel has announced the commissioning of its reconstructed coking battery No. 6 at Mechel Mining's subsidiary Mechel-Coke, which will allow it to step up production of coke and chemical products.
Accordingly, due to the reconstruction, Mechel-Coke's coking battery No. 6 has tripled its capacity to 470,000 mt of coke annually, and will enable to meet the production requirements of Mechel's Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant and Southern Urals Nickel Plant, ensuring independent raw material supplies.
The Ruble 1.369 billion ($48.5 million) reconstruction involved not only the aggregate itself but also supplementary equipment, with special attention being paid to environmental protection measures.
The commissioning of the coking battery No. 6 allows Mechel-Coke to begin reconstruction of the coking battery No. 5, while increasing production volumes by five percent in 2011 compared to the same period last year.