12 August 2013 // Press centre Metinvest Group
Metinvest’s integrated mill Azovstal launched production of S460M hot rolled plate according to the Ukrainian state standard DSTU EN 10025-4:2007. This product decreases steel required for building frames by 10-15%, which results in significant savings for developers.
The new steel grade is produced using a modern thermo-mechanically controlled process (TMCP), which gives high strength, weldability and formability properties.
S460M hot rolled TMCP plate is widely used in Europe for the construction of buildings with steel frames, bridges and overpasses because of its characteristics. Usage of this product also allows to reduce steel consumption of projects and the cost of construction compared to traditional steel grades S235 (St3) and S355 (09G2S).
Commercial shipments of the new product have already commenced: Metinvest shipped an order for 6,300 tonnes of S460M plate for the construction of a bridge in Poland in July. Ukrainian customers also plan to use S460M plate in their projects. The first shipment is planned in August to Metinvest’s Service Metal Center in Kyiv.
“The launch of high strength S460M steel production is one of the initiatives of the Ukrainian Center for Steel Construction, of which Metinvest is a member,” said Metinvest Products and Markets Development Director Roman Kurashev. “This initiative is directed at raising the competitiveness of construction with steel and reducing the costs of developers. This will help to increase the share of steel buildings in Ukraine in the long term.”
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PJSC "AZOVSTAL IRON & STEEL WORKS" is a modern high-technology enterprise manufacturing wide range of steel products: slabs, bars, shapes, railway rails, rail fasteners, square billets, plates and products of metallurgical slag.
Production capacities of the enterprise allow to produce annually over 5.5 mln. t of iron, over 6.2 mln. t of steel (aim is to achieve 7 mln.t of steel per year) and over 4.4 mln. t of rolled products. Design capacities for rail fasteners production is 285 thous. t per year, grinding balls 170 thous. t per year.
Metinvest is an international vertically integrated mining and metallurgical group of companies that manages assets in each segment of production chain, from extraction of iron ore raw materials and coal as well as coke production up to manufacture of steel semi-finished and finished products, pipes and coils and also manufacture of other high-value-added products. The Group incorporates mining and metallurgical enterprises located in Ukraine, Europe and USA and has sales network covering all global key markets. The shareholders of Metinvest Group are SCM Group (71.25%) and Smart Holding (23.75%) that manage the Company collaboratively.
"METINVEST HOLDING" LLC is the managing company of Metinvest Group.