OREANDA-NEWS. OJSC “Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works” (OJSC “MMK”) and JSC “CHTPZ Group” concluded the general agreement on strategic partnership till 2015.

According to the press service of OJSC “MMK”, the agreement stipulates for priority inclusion of orders of the CHPTZ Group in the production programs of the Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works. Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant, in its turn, guarantees the placement of volumes of consumed metal production.

The agreement provides for interaction of the companies on the projects of construction of thick-sheet mill “5000” of the Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works and the new shop on production of the large-diameter pipes of the Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Plant. A joint working group is being created for resolution of the issues on scientific-technical cooperation.