BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

20/03/2008

BMZ to start building flat product mill in 2009

Interfax reported that the state owned Byelorussian Steel Works from the Gomel region in Belarus plans to start building a sheet mill capable of producing 1 million tonnes of flat products per year in 2009.

Mr Ivan Demidovich first deputy industry minister of Byelorussia told reporters that "BMZ management has said it plans to start building the sheet mill in 2009."

Mr Demidovich said that BMZ is considering equipment supplies for the new mill from the United States, Japan and Europe. He said "We are looking at this very seriously as we do not have the necessary technology."

BMZ, built in 1984, makes cast billets and long products. Its exports account for around 85% of the plant's sales, with over 70% of exports going to countries outside the CIS.

Source:

http://steelguru.com/news/index/2008/03/20/Mzk3NzQ%3D/BMZ_to_start_building_flat_product_mill_in_2009.html

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