OREANDA-NEWS  On 02 October OMZ OJSC (Uralmash-Izhora Group) (RTS: OMZZ; LSE: OMZD; OTC: UHMVY) announced that OMZ Special Steels LLC, a part of OMZ Group, had granted a license by Russia’s Federal Service for Environmental, Technical and Nuclear Surveillance (Rostechnadzor) for the production of equipment for nuclear power plants. The license number is СЕ-12-101-2261 dated Sept. 15, 2008 and is effective until Sept. 30, 2013.

The license gives OMZ Special Steels rights for the production of forgings and other semi-finished products in compliance with technical conditions and steel types approved by Rostechnadzor and for the provision of such products to manufacturers of nuclear power plant equipment.

About OMZ Special Steels

OMZ Special Steels is one of Russia’s and CIS leading companies specialized in production of forgings, casting products, two- and three-ply sheet and plate products from various home produced steel types.