OREANDA-NEWS. On Novokuznetsk of Open Company "Steel NK" steel-smelting manufacture is stopped. Evraz Group it was not possible to sell the enterprise of company "Estar", and modernizations of the factory made steel in basic martin in the way, strategy Evraz Group does not provide.

On Open Company "Steel NK", being "daughter" entering in Evraz Group Open Society "Novokuznetsk metallurgical combine" (NKMK), stops the basic metallurgical manufacture. As have specified yesterday in department on communications with mass-media of th e regional center of corporate attitudes "Siberia" Evraz Group, continue work only some divisions of the enterprise. In particular, the shop shlakopererabotki processes slags KMK, taking metal on pereplavku. Besides the shop of preparation of structures a d a site kleti the rolling mill function. Closing to "Steel NK" will lead to appreciable curtailment of production of steel and hire Evraz Group. In the past to year this enterprise has provided to group manufacture about 11% of hire and 8,5% - liquid steel.