Mini-mill is commissioned

Article Abstract:

Nova hut (NH) (Ostrava, Czech Republic), steel firm, has completed the first stage of a mini-mill at a cost of 10.2 bil Kc. The mini-mill has just been commissioned. The equipment, which includes a heating furnace and a rolling train of the type Steckel, has a capacity of about 1 mil t of hot rolled bands per year. The construction of the mini-mill was fully realised by ICF Kaiser (US). The project's decisive technological equipment was supplied by Mannesmann Demag (Germany), Voest Alpine Industrieanlagenbau (Austria), Tippins (US) and Stein-Heurtey (France). The rolling train steckel is able to roll a band with a thickness of 1.5-13 mm, a width of 1,575 mm and a roll mass of nearly 30 t. The mini-mill, which will have 441 employees, will enable NH to decrease the number of employees by 700. Besides, NH will decrease its metal consumption by 145,000 t per year, its power consumption by about 40% and its costs on maintenance due to the mini-mill. Besides, the mini-mill will improve the environment in the region significantly.

New capacity, new plant construction, Iron and Steel Mills, Production management, Czech Republic, Blast Furnaces & Steel Mills, Steel Mill Products, Steel Minimills, Steel products, Nova Hut A.S.

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With problems but living

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Tatra (Koprivnice, Czech Republic), automotive company, will supply lorries worth nearly 14 mil USD for oil companies in Russia. The firm will supply mainly dump trucks with a carrying capacity of 17 and 20.5 t specially improved for conditions in Siberia. The agreement was arranged in September 1999. The agreement includes a series of new vehicles Jamal, which are intended for difficult terrain conditions. In Russia, Tatra is able to sell nearly 50% of its production of the category dump trucks with a carrying capacity of over 17 t. The company has problems with the financing of its production. Tatra has developed a new vehicle, which has not a driving front axle. The semi-trailer road tractor with an output of 300 kW has an extended cabin.

Trucks, Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, Contracts & orders received, Russia, Tatra, Koprivnice

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