Metinvest Group’s KAMETSTAL plant, which was set up at the facilities of Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMK, Kamenskoye, Dnipro Oblast), increased production of long products in September this year.
“In September, Kametstal shipped more than 4 thousand tons of SVP-27 long sections to Pokrovsk miners. Thus, for the first time, the rolling shop team has reached stable industrial production volumes of products mastered as part of Metinvest’s program to restore the partially lost product mix that was previously produced at Mariupol’s steel mills,” the company said.
It is also recalled that the production of SVP-27 longitudinal shaped sections was first mastered in Ukraine at Kametstal’s pipe billet mill. The so-called mine support is designed to secure mine workings in mines and is an essential element in coal mining technology. The new rolled products have passed certification tests that confirmed their compliance with the requirements of the state standard.
It is also noted that since the commissioning, during which SVP-27 was rolled in carloads of 200-500 tons per month, the rollers have done a lot of work, which resulted in an increase in production to 2 thousand tons per month in the summer of 2024, and in September, for the first time, more than 4 thousand tons of this marginal product were manufactured and shipped to consumers.
In particular, the company purchased additional improved dock fittings that were installed at the pipe billeting mill, while specialists modified and improved the existing equipment.
In addition, a straightening machine designed to bring rolled metal products into compliance with regulatory requirements for profile straightness was refurbished in an adjacent area. The parameters of the machine have been worked out and adjusted to work with this complex profile, which has an order length of 7-9 meters.
Artem Laptev, acting chief rolling operator, explained that the path from development to commercial production of such a complex profile is a systematic work of the entire rolling team in cooperation with the process control specialists, constantly improving the rolling process.
“All comments that arise in the production process are worked out and eliminated immediately. SVP-27 was developed in difficult wartime conditions, when there was a shortage of qualified personnel, and thanks to systematic training of the shop’s process and maintenance personnel, all key specialists have now mastered the skills of rolling this profile and working with the equipment. As a result, 99% of this product, which is important for the company’s coal mining enterprises, is accepted on first presentation, and additional processing at the right section, which brings the product to the required quality parameters, makes it possible to ship almost 100% of rolled SVP-27 to our customers,” stated Laptev.
“Kametstal was established on the basis of PJSC Dneprovsky Coke and Chemical Plant (DKKhZ) and the Centralized Rolling Mill of PJSC Dneprovsky Metallurgical Plant (DMK).
According to the 2020 report of Metinvest Group’s parent company, Metinvest B.V. (Netherlands) owned 100% of the shares in DCCP.
