OREANDA-NEWS. A combined audit by the British Standards Institution has confirmed that NLMK Lipetsk production site management systems meet international standards. The auditors also gave a positive review of the steps that NLMK took in light of recommendations made following the previous audit.

During the integrated audit the BSI auditors evaluated the quality, environment, occupational health & safety and energy management systems.

NLMK became one of the first steelmaking companies to undergo an integrated audit covering four management systems simultaneously:

ISO 9001:2008 Quality management systems –  Requirements;
ISO 14001:2004 Environmental management systems – Requirements;
OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements;
ISO 50001:2011 Energy management systems – Requirements with guidance for use”.

The BSI auditors inspected the sinter and coking plants; the blast furnace and blast oxygen furnace operations; as well as rolling, repair and auxiliary shops.

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BSI (British Standards Institution) is a business services provider whose principal activity is dealing with standards, management systems assessment and product certification. BSI was founded in 1901 and became the first national standards association and also one of the founding members of ISO certification. BSI works with over 70000 customers in 147 countries, introducing international management standards, many of which were developed by BSI.

NLMK is a vertically integrated steelmaking company with production facilities in Russia, Europe and the USA.  Its operating units have a crude steel production capacity in excess of 15 mt/y. The company generated USD 12.2 billion in revenue and USD 1.9 billion in EBITDA in 2012. NLMK’s ordinary shares are traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange (MICEX-RTS) and its global depositary shares on the London Stock Exchange.