Russia-based leading global iron ore and hot briquetted iron (HBI) producer Metalloinvest has announced that its integrated iron and steel plant Ural Steel and German wheel producer Mefro's Russia plant have agreed to extend their cooperation agreement for the supply of rolled products for manufacturing of car wheels. The parties have agreed on the delivery of a trial batch of Grade 15 and Grade 10UA flat steel products.
Mefro's Russian plant stated that it has now international customers including Volvo, Mercedes, Renault-Nissan and Ford, making material requirements even stricter. Ural Steel said that manufacturing flat rolled products for car manufacturers is one of its priorities. In June, the plant supplied a trial batch of 10UA flat steel products with thickness of 6.5 mm to Mefro's Russian plant.