September 06, 2008

NLMK commissions pickling line

NLMK announced that it has commissioned a new high tech pushing type pickling line for hot rolled grain oriented and carbon steel with capacity of over 300,000 tonnes per year at its production site in Lipetsk.

NLMK said that its installation would allow two obsolete lines to be retired, thus decreasing operating expenses and improving product quality. As a result, the company’s wastewater discharge into Voronezh River will be reduced by 800 tonnes per year.

The new equipment has been supplied by the Austrian company Andritz and comprises a chemical block for the regeneration and reuse of hydrochloric acid. Ferruginous wastes produced will be directed to sinter production.

This project, implemented within the framework of the NLMK’s Technical Upgrading Program is worth over RUB 2 billion. Total investments into the 2nd Phase of the Technical Upgrading Program will amount to over USD 4.0 billion.