Development Of Steelmaking Research Articles

Development of Steelmaking in the Modern Postcrisis Period of Economic Recession

The prospects of development of the steelmaking in the world and Russia are estimated using information in the period 2009–2017. Recommendations on predicting crisis phenomena on the world and Russian steel markets are given in short-, medium-, and long-term time periods. The situation on the first processing world market of steelmaking is shown to be rather stable, and sharp changes in the business activity of steel market players on the regional level are possible.

Development of Steelmaking

BOF shop No. 2 at the EVRAZ ZSMK combine is working on increasing its capacity to improve productivity, changing over completely to continuous casting, improving the quality of the steel, and expanding the ranges of grades and product sizes. The combine's equipment as a whole is also undergoing an extensive upgrade, with this change including the black-plate production unit and the steelmaking and rolling divisions. The ultimate result will be a more diversified product mix.