OREANDA-NEWS  On 28 October was announced, that Vyksa Steel Works (VSW, Nizhni Novgorod Region), part of United Metallurgical Company (OMK), reported its operating results for September 2008 and the nine months of 2008.

VSW produced 110,826 tonnes of pipes of various grades in September and 1,105,962 tonnes for the nine months of 2008. VSW manufactured 63,748 tonnes of large-diameter pipes in September and 545,786 tonnes in January–September. VSW’s output reached 75,082 railroad wheels in September and a total of 618,687 railroad wheels from the beginning of the year.