Ural Scrap commissions Metso for shears

Dusseldorf, Germany-based Metso Lindemann has been commissioned to install two scrap shears in Russia. The shears will be installed at Ural Scrap Co. – Oskol, a division of Metalloinvest, a Russia-based mining and metallurgy company specialising in the manufacturing of steel, at its scrap processing facility in Stary Oskol, Russia.

The shears have a cutting force of 1,250 tonnes and can process up to 20,000 tonnes of scrap per month. The loading area dimensions 10 metres by 2.5 metres, which allows the loading of scrap with almost no size restrictions, Metalloinvest says.

Andrey Ugarov, Metalloinvest chief operating officer, says, “The project will double the mechanical processing capacity of oversized scrap—from 180,000 to 400,000 tonnes per year—thus significantly increasing productivity of the scrap processing unit. This will also contribute to cost cutting of recycling oversized scrap, including by reducing energy consumption. This is in line with our strategic goal of improving production efficiency.”

Sergey Sokolov, Ural Scrap Co. managing director, says, “We managed to swiftly install the new equipment. This project was developed in the first quarter of this year, and in April we prepared a foundation for the new equipment. In May-June, we installed the shears and carried out pre-commissioning works. We have now increased the production capacity and scrap recycling volumes of the scrap processing unit of Ural Scrap Co. – Oskol for OEMK (Metalloinvest's integrated steel mill).

"I would like to thank our mechanics and power engineers of the plant, the design and construction department team of OEMK’s repair and construction unit, employees of OEMK’s finishing plant, construction company DSPI-Group and engineers of Metso Minerals CIS for their well-coordinated and highly professional work," he adds. 

Nikolay Shlyakhov, managing director of OEMK, says, “The two press shears will improve the quality of the charging material and eliminate the risk of scrap supplies disruption for the electric arc furnace shop of OEMK. Thus, Metalloinvest makes a significant contribution to the supply security of steel production.”

Ural Scrap Co., founded in 2005, provides charge scrap to the electric arc furnace shops of Metalloinvest’s enterprises – Ural Steel and OEMK. In 2015, roughly 1.1 million tonnes of ferrous scrap was processed by Ural Scrap, the overwhelming majority to OEMK and Ural Steel.