OREANDA-NEWS. The first millionth ton of steel was melted at the innovative INTERPIPE STEEL mill. The first million was achieved just 15 months after the launch of the facility and 5 months after the melting of the first 500 thousand tons. Such a considerable increase in the production capacity has brought INTERPIPE STEEL even closer to its designed capacity level. In March 2013 the mill reached the monthly designed production capacity (110 thousand tons a month). And in June INTERPIPE STEEL will come close to the mill’s quarterly designed capacity level. “INTERPIPE STEEL builds up its production indices month after month. We have managed to achieve the same levels of results as 2012, after only 5 months in 2013. This is another fantastic achievement which the facility’s personnel have managed to surpass. At present INTERPIPE STEEL ensures 90% of INTERPIPE facilities’ needs in pipe billets and 100% of needs in railway wheel billets”, – INTERPIPE STEEL General Manager Gennadiy Yesaulov has commented.