Russian steelmaker NLMK Group has announced that in the January-April period this year it increased deliveries of steel feedstock for the production of plates at Vyksa Steel Works, part of United Metallurgical Company (OMK), by 31.6 percent year on year to 326,500 mt.
NLMK plans to increase steel slab deliveries to Vyksa Steel Works by 25 percent year on year in 2015 to 900,000 mt, compared to the 724,000 mt delivered in 2014. The steel, which features superior chemical composition and structure standards, is rolled into plates for the manufacture of large diameter pipes at OMK Group Vyksa Steel Works.
NLMK Group has delivered more than 1.6 million mt of steel feedstock, including over 1 million mt of steel with complex characteristics, for the production of large diameter pipes and for use in projects including Power of Siberia, Central Asia-China (SAK-3), Bovanenkovo-Ukhta and the Southern Corridor, among others.