The Iraqi state South Oil Company has
finished the technical audit of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works and Khartsyzsk
Pipe Works.
According to the group of companies statement,
this was the final qualification step, and now Metinvest is among the suppliers
of large diameter pipes of its own strips to Iraq.
Recently only pipes of strips made in Western
Europe, Japan and USA could have been supplied to Iraq.
“Now
that Azovstal is a supplier of strips to Iraq, Metinvest can participate in
state oil- and gas-pipeline construction projects there. The company can also
supply strips to other pipe works that plan to deliver to Iraq”, said the
representative of the company. (Ukrainian metal)