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MMK Launches First Stage of New Cold Rolling Complex

07/18/2011 - Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) recently launched its Mill 2000 project, the first stage of a new cold rolling complex with 2 million tonnes-per-annum capacity of finished products.

Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) recently launched its Mill 2000 project, the first stage of a new cold rolling complex with 2 million tonnes-per-annum capacity of finished products. Mill 2000 will primarily produce high-quality cold-rolled and galvanized steel to be used in the production of exterior and interior car parts, as well as for use by home appliance manufacturers and the construction industry.
 
MMK’s total investments in the Mill 2000 project will reach approximately $1.5 billion.
 
The first stage of Mill 2000 includes a continuous pickling line coupled with a tandem mill. The second stage of the complex, which will include a continuous hot-dip galvanizing unit, a continuous annealing unit, and a coil inspection unit, is planned to be commissioned in July 2012.
 
The Mill 2000 complex was shipped by the German machine building company SMS-Demag under the contract between MMK and SMS-Demag signed in July 2007.
 
The new cold-rolling facility (Rolling Workshop No. 11) is also equipped with a continuous turbulent pickling line linked to a five-stand cold-rolling mill with a capacity of 2.1 million tonnes per annum, a continuous hot galvanizing unit (450,000 tonnes per annum), a combined annealing/hot-galvanizing unit (650,000 tonnes per annum), a working roll grinding and texturing unit, a coil inspection and slitting line, as well as cold-worked and galvanized coil packaging lines. The gauge of finished products can range from 0.28 to 3.0 mm-thick and 850 to 1880 mm-wide cold-rolled sheets in coils weighing up to 43.5 tonnes.
 
MMK Board of Directors Chairman Victor Rashnikov said: “The launch of Mill 2000 will enable MMK to increase the share of cold-rolled and hot galvanized products in the company’s product lineup. This will expand the range of products and provide MMK customers with high-quality rolled products, including high-resistance steel."
 
MMK is among the world's largest steel producers and is one of Russia's steel industry leaders. The company's operations in Russia include a large steel-producing complex encompassing the entire production chain, from preparation of iron ore to downstream processing of rolled steel. MMK turns out a broad range of steel products with a predominant share of higher-value-added products. In 2010, MMK Group produced 11.4 million tonnes of crude steel and 10.4 million tonnes of commercial steel products.