MMK expects an economic effect of almost 7 billion rubles from digitalization projects by the end of 2025.
In total, 95 projects were implemented at Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works from 2020 to 2024. Investments in the implementation of the first stage of the strategy amounted to 3.9 billion rubles, and the average payback period for projects is 2.4 years.
Blast furnace production. Photo: "MMK".
The Optimal Cast Iron system, aimed at optimizing aglocoxodomain production, as well as the introduction of an optimization planning system, brought the maximum economic effect, said Nikolay Gladkikh, Head of the Quality and Process Management System at MMK PJSC.
"Of the 95 implemented projects, 51 involved artificial intelligence technologies, which correlates with the global trend of AI technologies coming to the forefront in the digital transformation of industry. Last year, we decided to combine all MMK's competence centers dealing with various AI technologies into a single artificial intelligence center. The center, established in March 2025, made it possible to more effectively implement AI-based projects and unify the components of the digital AI platform."The company attaches great importance to digitalization in the field of quality. Thus, the implemented dynamic technological risk management system identifies non-standard operating modes and production situations with violations of technological parameters. The project has been implemented in all the main production streams of the plant, from oxygen converter and electric steelmaking workshops to hot and cold rolling workshops and coated metal production.
Another project aimed at ensuring high-quality products is currently being implemented - Digital Quality Analysis. This platform solution will ensure the transition to the principle of mandatory technology execution control and response to violations of critical parameters based on an individual checklist. The implementation of the project will also make it possible to switch to the dynamic principle of process control and the preventive principle of quality management based on predictive models.
Another project launched in 2025, Production Culture, involves the active participation of the plant's employees in solving various production issues and is designed to ease the working conditions of employees.