This Is Heavy News: Mechel Casts a 50-Metric-Ton Ingot
07/20/2017 - Mechel PAO’s Chelyabinsk works in Russia has cast its first 50-metric-ton ingot, officially marking its entry into the oversized special steel market.
“Production of a high-quality, 50-tonne ingot is an event of strategic importance for Mechel’s steel division,” Mechel chief executive Oleg Korzhov said in a statement.
“Today only a few facilities in Russia and abroad can produce such ingots. While streamlining this production process, our experts applied groundbreaking design, engineering and technical solutions. We plan to build on this development, as we see stable demand for this type of product.”
The ingots will be shipped to its Urals stamping plant, which will convert the ingots into bulk forgings. Mechel said there but a few companies around the world that produce bulk ingots owing to the technical difficulties associated in making them.
“Today only a few facilities in Russia and abroad can produce such ingots. While streamlining this production process, our experts applied groundbreaking design, engineering and technical solutions. We plan to build on this development, as we see stable demand for this type of product.”
The ingots will be shipped to its Urals stamping plant, which will convert the ingots into bulk forgings. Mechel said there but a few companies around the world that produce bulk ingots owing to the technical difficulties associated in making them.
