After an extensive renovation was commissioned blast furnace No. 6 (DP-6) at the Novolipetsk metallurgical plant, the flagship site of the Group.
reconstruction of the DP-6 is one of the key projects of the Strategy 2022. The furnace power is increased by 8% to 3.4 million tonnes of pig iron per year. New air purification system after the upgrade will capture up to 99.9 percent of dust, providing a residual dust content at the level of best available technologies - 5 mg/m3.
the Entire blast furnace gas formed in the smelting of iron, used for power generation at the thermal power plant and blast-furnace slag is processed into products for the construction industry. Investment in the project amounted to more than 35 billion roubles.
the Furnace is equipped with modern automated control system with integrated artificial intelligence program. Such a system can choose optimal operating conditions of the unit that improves the efficiency of the blast furnace process.
"Reconstruction of blast furnace No. 6 is one of the most important investment projects of the new strategic cycle of development of the Group. The project resulted in more productive and efficient furnace that will provide increased production of iron and steel and thus significantly reduce the impact on the environment," commented managing Director of NLMK Vyacheslav Vorotnikov.
the DP-6 was built in 1978. It is the second largest blast furnace NLMK. In addition to the DP-6 at the Lipetsk site is operated four blast furnaces: No. 3 (1.6 million tons/year) No. 4 (2 million tons/year), No. 5 (2.9 million tonnes/year) and Rossiyanka (4.2 million tons/year).
about the company
NLMK Group is a vertically integrated steel company and Russia's largest and one of the world's most efficient producers of steel products.
NLMK's metal Products are used in various industries, from construction and engineering to power-generating equipment and offshore wind turbines.
the Production assets of NLMK are located in Russia, Europe and the USA. The production capacity of steel companies over 17 million tonnes a year.
NLMK has high competitiveness in cost among global manufacturers, the company's profitability is one of the highest in the industry. The company's revenue for the year 2018 amounted to $ 12 billion, EBITDA – $ 3.6 billion. The ratio of Net Debt/EBITDA of 0.25 H. the Company has a credit rating of investment grade from S&P, Moody's, Fitch and Expert RA.
Ordinary shares of JSC "NLMK", the free float is 19%, are traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange (Ticker "NLMK"), global Depositary shares on the London stock exchange (Ticker "NLMK:LI"). The share capital of the Company is divided into 5,993,227,240 shares with a par value of 1 Russian ruble.
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