17th Oct 2008 14:25
17 October 2008
NLMK starts maintenance work on blast furnace
NLMK announces that it has started maintenance work on Blast Furnace #3 at its main production site in Lipetsk. The furnace has a production capacity about 1.3 million tonnes of pig iron per year.
As part of the process, there will be a change of refractory and refrigerators as well as a partial change of the furnace shell. The project will cost USD 3.5 million and is to be completed in December 2008.
The maintenance work will reduce pig iron production volume by 170,000 tonnes (or 2%) of the volumes planned for 2008.
For further information:
NLMK
Anton Bazulev, Investor Relations
Tel: +7 495 915 1575
Email: [email protected]
Financial Dynamics
Jon Simmons
Tel: +44 207 831 3113
Email: [email protected]
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