It is reported that Russian Uralmashzavod has signed a RUB 300 million agreement with SeverStal to provide two 500 tonne pouring cranes in April and May 2008.

All the design and planning is to be performed by Moscow based VNIIPTMASH and Uralmashzavod’s R&D department. Uralmashzavod said that these will be AC variable frequency cranes which means they are not too heavy and cheaper to maintain meant for operating in SeverStal’s steel plant for filling converters with liquid metal.

Uralmashzavod has already made Russia’s most powerful 520 ton pouring crane, two blast furnace jackets, a modern continuous casting plant, a unique charging box magnet crane and other pieces of equipment for SeverStal.

Uralmashzavod deals in engineering, producing, and supplying mining, metallurgical, hydraulic turbine, by product coking, and cement-making equipment, handling machinery, and ancillary equipment for nuclear power plants.