Russian pipe producing company United Metallurgical Company (OMK) has stated that in March of the current year its foundry-rolling complex produced 100,000 mt of hot rolled coil (HRC). Also in the given month, the foundry-rolling complex of OMK produced 18,000 mt of steel sheets and 18,000 mt of steel strips. In March this year, the foundry-rolling complex of OMK shipped a total of 104,000 mt of steel products.
In the January-March period of the current year, the OMK complex produced 291,000 mt of hot rolled coils, up 12 percent compared to the same period last year, while it also produced 60,000 mt of steel sheets and 55,000 mt of steel strips. In the given period, the complex shipped 314,000 mt of hot rolled coil, sheet and strip, up 21.8 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, OMK subsidiary Trubodetal has announced its production results for March and for the first quarter of the current year.
Accordingly, in January-March Trubodetal's steel product output reached 5,925 mt, 440 mt more than in January-March 2011. In March alone, Trubodetal produced 1,826 mt of steel products. Trubodetal's products include connections for line pipes, pipe bends and harnesses.