Uzmetkombinat to launch a unique production of carbon steel wire rod in April
27/02/2019 19:19
Uzmetkombinat to launch a unique production of carbon steel wire rod in April
27/02/2019 19:19
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzmetkombinat will launch a unique for the country production of wire (wire rod) from carbon steel in mid-April, the press service of the enterprise said.
The total cost of the project exceeded US$19 million, and the Chinese company CERI acted as the supplier of the main technological equipment. Its launch will make it possible to create flexible high-performance capacities in the country, which make it possible, along with an increase in output, to expand export potential through the production of high value-added products.
According to experts, the republic’s need for wire rod exceeds 60 thousand tons per year, not to mention the requests of their neighboring countries, many of which simply lack such production. The plans of the plant to produce at least 100 thousand tons of products per year, of which approximately 30% is planned to be exported.
"The world ferrous metallurgy is currently undergoing a restructuring phase, associated not only with innovations in technology, but also with factors caused by the need to fit into economically and socially changing conditions. Ferrous metals, as the main construction material, are assigned the role of elements of the material base of modern society. In this regard, the production of low-carbon wire is becoming more and more indispensable, "- said the head of the rolling mill №2 Uzmetkombinat Valery Salyamov.
According to him, today, as part of the project for organizing the production of wire rod at mill 300, the assembly work on the main process equipment of the line has already been completed in the second rolling mill.
“We plan to complete commissioning by the end of March and start production on April 15. As a result of the project, we will launch wire rod from 5.5 to 16 mm and rebar from 6 to 12 mm in riots. This will ensure the production of import-substituting products for the amount not less than 43 million dollars a year,” he said.
A feature of this project is that the technological process of production covers the entire cycle of metallurgical processing. As a result, full control over output will be ensured, which will allow to obtain a high-quality and export-oriented metallurgical product.
Among the main consumers of future products are the largest domestic enterprises - AGMK, O’zbekiston Temir Yollari, Deutsche Cable AG Tashkent, NGMK, Uzbekneftegaz, JV Uzkabel, Uzkimyosanoat, and many others. As for exports, at the first stage it is planned to work out deliveries to Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.
Uzmetkombinat is the leading enterprise of ferrous metallurgy in Uzbekistan. In March 2019, it will be 75 years old. In July 2017, the foreign company SFI Management Group was involved as a trust manager of the state share in the authorized capital of the plant.
In 2018-2025, the plant plans to implement 7 investment projects with a total value of over US$663 million.
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