OREANDA-NEWS. On 08 June 2009 was announced, that the Casting and Rolling Complex (CRC, Vyksa District, Nizhni Novgorod Region), part of United Metallurgical Company (OMK), has reported its operating results for April 2009. In the reporting month, CRC produced 62,239 tonnes of hot-rolled coils, 8,708 tonnes of strips, and 4,191 tonnes of plates.

In April, 50,473 tonnes of rolled coils were shipped to the main consumers of CRC's products – OMK's Vyksa Steel Works (VSW) and Almetyevsk Pipe Plant.

United Metallurgical Company (OMK) is one of Russia's largest producers of pipes, railroad wheels, and other metal products for energy, transport, and industrial companies. OMK comprises six largest enterprises in the metallurgical sector. The OMK Pipe-Rolling Division comprises Vyksa Steel Works (Nizhni Novgorod Region), Almetyevsk Pipe Plant (Republic of Tatarstan), and Trubodetal (Chelyabinsk Region); the OMK Steel Works Division comprises Chusovoy Metallurgical Works and Gubakha Coke (Perm Territory), and Shchelkovo Steel Works (Moscow Region).

In 2007, OMK products accounted for 18% of pipes consumed in Russia, including 34% of large diameter pipes, 62% of railroad wheels, and 75% of automobile springs. In 2007, the OMK enterprises produced 1.8 million tonnes of pipes of various sizes and 820 thousand railroad wheels. The main consumers of OMK products include such leading Russian and foreign companies as Gazprom, Russian Railways, LUKOIL, Transneft, Surgutneftegas, Rosneft, TNK-BP, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, General Electric, and Samsung. OMK supplies its products to 20 countries.