Russian pipe producing company United Metallurgical Company (OMK) has stated that in August of the current year its foundry-rolling complex produced more than 100,000 mt of hot rolled coil (HRC), up 10 percent year on year. Also in the given month, the foundry-rolling complex of OMK produced 15,000 mt of steel sheets and 15,000 mt of steel strips. In August this year, the foundry-rolling complex of OMK shipped a total of 103,000 mt of steel products.
In the January-August period of the current year, the OMK complex produced 783,000 mt of hot rolled coils, up 8.5 percent compared to the same period last year, while it also produced 154,000 mt of steel sheets and 148,000 mt of steel strips. In the given period, the complex shipped 784,000 mt of hot rolled coil, sheet and strip, up 10 percent year on year.