The Russian steel and
pipe producer United Metallurgical Company (
OMK) has announced that in January 2011 its Novgorod-based subsidiary Vyksa Steel Works (Vyksa) increased its railway wheels output by 2.4 times year on year to 66,384 wheels.
In addition, in January this year Vyksa also produced 145,000 mt of steel pipes, including 93,000 mt of large diameter (LD) steel pipes, which corresponds to the output volume in January 2010.