Press-releases

NLMK Lipetsk has commenced a project to overhaul its pre-painting line (PPL-1) with a productivity of 195,000 tonnes of pre-painted steel per year. This upgrade will enable the company to increase strip quality, double the output of premium pre-painted steel grades, and reduce production costs.

NLMK Group, an international steelmaker, has topped the ‘People are the most valuable capital’ nomination in the annual SAP Value Award for integrating a system to evaluate employees’ individual contributions and remuneration based on the SAP HCM (Human Capital Management) software.

NLMK Lipetsk, an NLMK Group company has launched an anhydrous cooling system for blast furnace slag as part of its environmental upgrade programme. This will enable it to reduce hydrogen sulfide emissions in the corresponding area by 3.5x and keep the smell from this chemical compound to a minimum.

NLMK Group, a global steel company, has implemented the SAP Ariba Sourcing procurement management system to improve the efficiency of equipment selection and acquisition. The system allows standardizing the process of selecting suppliers, comparing technical characteristics of equipment and terms of cooperation, and monitoring order fulfillment and compliance with deadlines. The digital solution will reduce procurement operating costs by 20-40%.

NLMK Group, a global steel company, has supplied a batch of Quend 700, its extra high-strength structural steel grade produced by NLMK Clabecq, to Pnevmash (Pneumatic Machine Building Company) for the production of beneficiation equipment.

NLMK has supplied the first shipment of electrical non-grain-oriented steel to Riga Electric Machine Building Works (AS Rīgas elektromašīnbūves rūpnīca, part of Transmashholding).