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Mechel Launches New Production Line at Beloretsk Metallurgical Plant
12/21/2010 - Mechel OAO launched a new production line for steel electrode copper-coated wire on December 18 at its Beloretsk Metallurgical Plant subsidiary. The new production line can produce 7,900 tonnes annually.
Mechel OAO announced the launch of a new production line for steel electrode copper-coated wire on December 18 at its Beloretsk Metallurgical Plant (BMP) subsidiary.
The new production line can produce 7,900 tonnes annually, including 4,200 tonnes of 0.8- to 2.0-mm steel electrode copper-coated wire and 3,700 tonnes of 3.0-mm bright wire.
The commissioning ceremony was attended by Plenipotentiary Presidential Representative in the Volga Federal District Grigory Rapota, President of the Republic of Bashkortostan Rustem Khamitov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Bashkortostan Yuri Pustovgarov, Mechel OAO’s Chairman of the Board of Directors Igor Zyuzin, BMP’s Managing Director Viktor Kamelin, and other guests.
At the ceremony, held in the plant’s workshop No. 6, Rapota, Khamitov, and Zyuzin launched the new line by pressing a symbolic button. As the guests watched, the first meters of copper-coated wire were produced and packaged.
“The steel electrode wire is in steady demand and is used in construction, energy, automobile, oil and gas industries. The Beloretsk Metallurgical Plant has proved itself as a reliable supplier of copper-coated wire. With this launch, the enterprise will boost its presence on the hardware market,” Zyuzin said.
Mechel is one of the leading Russian mining and steel companies. Its business includes four segments: mining, steel, ferroalloy, and power. The company unites producers of coal, iron ore concentrate, nickel, steel, ferrochrome, ferrosilicon, rolled products, hardware, heat and electric power. Its products are marketed domestically and internationally.
