Metalloinvest, a leading manufacturer and supplier of iron ore products and hot briquetted iron on the world market, one of the regional producers of high quality steel, announces the appointment of Ildar Iskakov as Managing Director of Ural Steel.
“We are delighted to welcome Ildar Iskakov and wish him success in his new post,” said Nazim Efendiev, CEO of Metalloinvest Management Company. - He thoroughly knows metallurgical production, he worked for almost 20 years at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, one of the world's largest steel producers, where he worked his way from a steelmaker to a chief metallurgist. He was in charge of the oxygen-converter shop and coke-chemical production. We are confident that Ildar Iskakov's experience, deep understanding of processes and knowledge of modern technologies will provide an effective solution to the problems of increasing the production and operational efficiency of Ural Steel. "
Ildar Iskakov graduated with honors from the Magnitogorsk State Technical University named after M.V. G.I. Nosov with a degree in Ferrous Metallurgy.
From 2002 to 2020, he worked at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, where he worked his way up from an assistant steelmaker to the chief metallurgist of the plant.
Ural Steel is a full-cycle enterprise, including sinter-blast furnace, steelmaking and rolling production, a leading Russian manufacturer of high-quality steel for bridge construction.
Over the past 10 years, Metalloinvest has invested more than 25 billion rubles in the construction and modernization of the company's production facilities, projects to minimize the impact of production on the environment.
Since 2017, Metalloinvest has been implementing a comprehensive development program for Ural Steel. In 2019, the reconstruction of arc steel-making furnaces was completed with the introduction of the innovative Flexible Modular Furnace technology. A unified integrated financial and business management system based on SAP S4 /HANA was introduced.
Currently, the modernization of blast furnaces, the construction of a new air separation unit, the modernization of the thermal power plant equipment, and the development of foundry are ongoing.
