Ural Steel ranks among Russia’s leading producers of strips for large-diameter pipes, pipe billets, heavy plates, and weathering steel (over 100 grades of carbon and alloy steels altogether). The company falls within the top eight steelmakers in Russia.
The history of the company dates back to the pre-war period. However, it is 5 March 1955 which is considered the birthday of the metallurgical giant of the eastern Orenburg Region. On this day, the first blast furnace was commissioned and the first pig iron was produced at the Orsko-Khalilovsky Metallurgical Works (OKhMK, currently known as the Ural Steel).
In 2022, Ural Steel joined forces with Zagorsky Pipe Plant to form a single metallurgical holding company, enabling the company to establish a stable value chain, thus expanding opportunities to use the plant’s products in major O&G and construction projects.
Today, “Ural Steel” is a niche market player in Russia, holding the top market position in production of strips, tube billets, bridge steel, machinery construction steel and billets for exports. “Ural Steel” produces more than one hundred grades, of carbon alloyed and low-alloyed steel; plates, universal wide strips and section bars; firebricks, coke and chemical byproducts. The engineers of “Ural Steel” have developed 25 next generation steel grades on the basis of technology of natural alloying.
The implementation of the advanced management methods combined with wide experience and traditions of the integrated works, best technologies and qualified staff ensure stable and long term development of “Ural Steel” Сompany. The Company focuses on implementing large scale reorganization of business processes; strengthening scientific and technical foundation in order to ensure the efficient use of the potential of one of the leading steel enterprises in Russia.
The main types of “Ural Steel” products are as follows:
- Pig iron
- Cast section
- Long products
- Plates
- Coke and chemical by-products
Due to unique consumer specifications, the products of “Ural Steel” are highly demanded in Russia and the CIS as well as on the international markets. The customers of “Ural Steel”’s metal products are the enterprises from such countries as Russia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Turkey, Iran, China, Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan and Thailand.