Russian steelmaker Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has announced that its hot rolled products Mill 2000 achieved its maximum annual production rate in 2018, for the second time since its launch, breaking the 6 million mt mark for production of hot rolled products. The previous record was set at the end of 2016, when the annual output of the mill reached 5.95 million mt of hot rolled steel.
MMK's most productive rolling mill makes it possible to produce the full range of MMK steel grades. Sheet width varies from 760 mm to 1,830 mm. The mill produces thousands of different products for various industries including pipes, construction and machinery manufacturing, and represents the widest product mix at MMK. It produces marine and structural steel grades, as well as rolled products, which are subsequently made of automotive sheets.