Ukrainian steel pipe and wheel producer Interpipe has announced that it plans to produce 70,000 tons of round billets in October, up by 27% compared to September, at its new electric furnace steelmaking complex Dniprostal.
The annual capacity of new complex is 1.32 million tons of pipe billets with diameters of 150 mm to 290 mm and 385 mm to 470 mm. (SteelOrbis)
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2/9/12
Interpipe produced pipes from Dniprostal yield
Interpipe rolled the first lot of seamless pipes, using the billets, produced at the new Dniprostal electric steel-smelting complex. The first pipe was rolled at the Interpipe NTRP plant.
The first pipe passed the entire set of tests, which confirmed the high quality of the billet steel. Production of the first pipe means that Interpipe moves to the vertically integrated company structure: from scrap procurement, through steel smelting, and up to the production of steel pipes and railway wheels. The list of consumers of Dniprostal pipe billets will include two company's plants, namely Interpipe NTRP and Interpipe Niko Tube. At present both enterprises are ready for integration with the Dniprostal electric steel smelting complex.
Mr. Alexander Kirichko, CEO of Interpipe, said that "One of the major reasons for Dniprostal construction is to ensure the provision of company' plants with our own billets for seamless pipes and railway wheels. Interpipe currently purchases 70% of steel billets for seamless pipes from external suppliers. When Dniprostal reaches its full capacity in 2014, Interpipe's self sufficiency in billets for production of seamless pipes will be 90%. Thus, the vertical integration of the company will be completed."
The rolling of the first pipe was carried out by one of the Interpipe NTRP shops, producing oil and gas pipes. Twelve billets with the weight of 100 tons were cut into ingots for production of casings (pipes used for oil and gas extraction). The rolling process resulted in 94 pipes with the length of 12 meters each.
Mr. Andrei Korotkov, chairman of Interpipe NTRP board, said that "Production of seamless pipes and railway wheels out of the continuously cast billets will allow Interpipe’s mastering and certification of new types of products, such as, for instance, corrosion-resistant pipes according to 5CT American standard and many other products. In addition to that we expect a considerable reduction in the metal discharge coefficient. Only for pipes we can save approximately 5000 tons of metal a year". (SteelGuru)
The first pipe passed the entire set of tests, which confirmed the high quality of the billet steel. Production of the first pipe means that Interpipe moves to the vertically integrated company structure: from scrap procurement, through steel smelting, and up to the production of steel pipes and railway wheels. The list of consumers of Dniprostal pipe billets will include two company's plants, namely Interpipe NTRP and Interpipe Niko Tube. At present both enterprises are ready for integration with the Dniprostal electric steel smelting complex.
Mr. Alexander Kirichko, CEO of Interpipe, said that "One of the major reasons for Dniprostal construction is to ensure the provision of company' plants with our own billets for seamless pipes and railway wheels. Interpipe currently purchases 70% of steel billets for seamless pipes from external suppliers. When Dniprostal reaches its full capacity in 2014, Interpipe's self sufficiency in billets for production of seamless pipes will be 90%. Thus, the vertical integration of the company will be completed."
The rolling of the first pipe was carried out by one of the Interpipe NTRP shops, producing oil and gas pipes. Twelve billets with the weight of 100 tons were cut into ingots for production of casings (pipes used for oil and gas extraction). The rolling process resulted in 94 pipes with the length of 12 meters each.
Mr. Andrei Korotkov, chairman of Interpipe NTRP board, said that "Production of seamless pipes and railway wheels out of the continuously cast billets will allow Interpipe’s mastering and certification of new types of products, such as, for instance, corrosion-resistant pipes according to 5CT American standard and many other products. In addition to that we expect a considerable reduction in the metal discharge coefficient. Only for pipes we can save approximately 5000 tons of metal a year". (SteelGuru)
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11/14/11
Interpipe starts cold trials at new EAF at Dniprostal
It is reported that a $700 million Greenfield investment by billionaire Mr. Viktor Pinchuk will soon bring Ukraine, already one of the world’s top 10 metals producers, its first brand new steel mill of significant size since Soviet times.
Company officials said that cold testing of equipment in idle operation had already started at the Dniepropetrovsk-based steel smelting plant.
Mr. Alexandr Kirichko, general director of Interpipe, said “The beginning of these cold tests demonstrates that we have made another step towards the realization of a large scale project. For our company it is a new step in the testing of equipment. For the country, it is a principally new method of metallurgical production.”
A formal launch is scheduled for March 2012 with production levels gradually being churned up to 1.3 million tons of steel per annum by 2014.
Danieli, a leading producer of metallurgic turn key equipment and technology, was hired in 2007 to build the mill. It will consume eight times less natural gas per ton of steel than existing gas guzzling steel furnaces.
Mr. Oleksandr Makarov, a steel analyst at the Kyiv-based investment bank Dragon Capital, said Interpipe cost of producing steel billets using electric arc technology was about $100 per ton less expensive compared to its open hearth furnace. He said that “The cost saving includes 2.2 times lower energy consumption, lower melting loss and four-fold higher working efficiency.”
Dniprostal will gradually replace an open hearth production facility in Dnipropetrovsk, operated by Interpipe, reducing dust emissions by 2.5 times. The electric arc furnace will also lower noise to municipal levels and reduce industrial waste into the nearby Dnipro River. (Kyivpost)
Company officials said that cold testing of equipment in idle operation had already started at the Dniepropetrovsk-based steel smelting plant.
Mr. Alexandr Kirichko, general director of Interpipe, said “The beginning of these cold tests demonstrates that we have made another step towards the realization of a large scale project. For our company it is a new step in the testing of equipment. For the country, it is a principally new method of metallurgical production.”
A formal launch is scheduled for March 2012 with production levels gradually being churned up to 1.3 million tons of steel per annum by 2014.
Danieli, a leading producer of metallurgic turn key equipment and technology, was hired in 2007 to build the mill. It will consume eight times less natural gas per ton of steel than existing gas guzzling steel furnaces.
Mr. Oleksandr Makarov, a steel analyst at the Kyiv-based investment bank Dragon Capital, said Interpipe cost of producing steel billets using electric arc technology was about $100 per ton less expensive compared to its open hearth furnace. He said that “The cost saving includes 2.2 times lower energy consumption, lower melting loss and four-fold higher working efficiency.”
Dniprostal will gradually replace an open hearth production facility in Dnipropetrovsk, operated by Interpipe, reducing dust emissions by 2.5 times. The electric arc furnace will also lower noise to municipal levels and reduce industrial waste into the nearby Dnipro River. (Kyivpost)
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