BMZ Upgrades to Increase Annual Steel Output to 3 mln Tonnes
OREANDA-NEWS. OAO Belarusian Metallurgical Plant (BMZ, based in Zhlobin, Gomel Region) is upgrading its production facilities to increase steel output by 11.1% to 3 million tonnes a year, Oleg Lashkevich of Belarus' Industry Ministry told a press-conference.
Oleg Lashkevich is head of the Department for Metallurgical and Tool-making Industries at the Industry Ministry. BMZ has finalized the first stage of the upgrade of furnace #3, where the oxygen technology was not available. BMZ has also installed a lime furnace in order to give up imports of calcined lime and dolomite.
State-owned company Belarusian Metallurgical Plant was launched in 1984. BMZ exports about 85% of its output. In 2013 BMZ products were exported to the EU, Russia, the Middle East, Ukraine, the United States, Africa, South Africa. The EU, the Middle East and Russia account for almost 90% of the BMZ's total exports.
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