Mill 5000 has set a record annual production

The previous record mill was installed in 2010 – then the mill produced 1160,5 thousand tons of rolled products. Plate mill 5000 of MMK were put into operation in 2009, the launching ceremony was attended by Vladimir Putin: politician praised one of the largest investment projects of Magnitogorsk modern times. Mill, whose products are provides, first and foremost, the needs of the Russian oil and gas complex, was the most productive among similar units in Europe. The complex equipment of the mill includes a unique, world's most powerful rolling stand with a maximum rolling force of about 12 thousand tons.
the Mill 5000 production capacity is 1.5 million tons of steel per year – key Assembly complex of the CMI for the production of HRP (in addition to the mill, it includes complex secondary metallurgy and continuous casting machine No. 6). The mill is designed to produce a profitable plate width up to 4850 mm with yield strength up to X120. Today this unit, built on the most modern technologies of the world engineering, fully loaded and produces high-quality and competitive products demanded in the implementation of major infrastructure projects of the Russian fuel and energy complex, the construction of ships of different classes, bridge construction and other industries.
Department of information and public relations of OJSC "MMK"