Press-releases

In early July, the logistics team of NLMK La Louvière launched the use of multi-purpose wagons for transporting slabs and coils by train. The objective of this innovation is to optimize the logistics flow and improve customer service while reducing environmental impact.

NLMK Group, a global steel company, is proud to announce that Sustainalytics has revised the company’s ESG rating from the 31.5 NLMK was awarded last year to 28 this year, with a lower number indicating stronger management of ESG issues by a company. NLMK is currently ranked among the top 3 steel companies analyzed by Sustainalytics.

NLMK Clabecq, a leading Belgian producer of thin steel plates, has supplied its Quard 500 abrasion resistant steel plates to Brazilian manufacturer Innova. NLMK Clabecq’s plates are used to produce high durability forklift buckets designed to extract granite and marble.

NLMK La Louvière, one of the leading producers of flat steel coils in Belgium and part of NLMK Group, has received the first major equipment for its 150 million euro hot strip mill upgrade that will enable the company to expand the production of thinner, stronger and more environmentally friendly steel for customers in the EU.

NLMK DanSteel, NLMK Group’s Denmark-based production site, has delivered its first thousand tonnes of S500MC high-strength steel plate (500 MPa yield strength) to German machine-building companies.

NLMK Clabecq, a leading Belgian producer of thin steel plates, has commenced supplies of its abrasion resistant Quard® plates to a Brazilian manufacturer of plow discs that are used to prepare forest ground for planting trees, such as eucalyptus and pines.