OREANDA-NEWS. Hardware shipments by Zhlobin-based Belarusian Metallurgical Plant (BMZ) stood at 222,837 tonnes in January-June 2014, up 7.5% on the year, an official with the plant told.

In June alone hardware shipments reduced 0.1% year on year to 37,780 tonnes.

Metal cord shipments stood at 46,675 tonnes in Jan-Jun 2014, up 14.6%, bead wire - 20,169 tonnes, up 7%, brass-coated steel wire for high-pressure hoses - 21,292 tonnes, up 20.9%, steel wire - 134,702 tonnes, up 3.5%.

Rolled steel shipments in Jan-Jun 2014 stood at 710,334 tonnes, down 3.4%; steel pipes - 70,863 tonnes, up 1.9%.

The Belarusian Metallurgical Plant's #850 long product rolling mill shipped 18,119 tonnes of rolled steel in June 2014, up 38.7%, which makes a year-on-year increase of 5,057 tonnes.

Rolled steel produced by #850 long product rolling mill is used for manufacturing wheel hubs, spider shafts, camshaft controllers, axle swivels, differential axles.

Hot rolled steel rods with a diameter of 80-160mm have been approved by HAY, Hammerwerk, Siepman Werke, Mahindra (Germany), which supply complete parts for German automobile manufacturers. BMZ products were shipped 21 countries of the world in H1, including Germany, Poland, Italy, Lithuania, Russia, Norway.

BMZ shipped 1.755 million tonnes of steel products in H1 2014, down 2.3%.

The company's hot steel output stood at 1.203 million tonnes in Jan-Jun 2014, down 10.5%, including rolled steel output 1.078 million tonnes, down 5.6%; steel pipes 71,932 tonnes, up 4.4%.

Hardware output totalled 218,000 tonnes, up 0.7% year on year, including metal cord output - 44,501 tonnes, on a par with the level of H1 2013, bead wire - 20,296 tonnes, up 16%, brass-coated steel wire for high-pressure hoses - 20,035 tonnes, up 37.5%, steel wire - 133,178 tonnes, down 4.8%.

BMZ steel output amounted to 2.242 million tonnes in January-December 2013, down 16.7% on the year; rolled stock - 2.202 million tonnes (down 0.9%), steel pipes - 129,078 tonnes (up 3.6%).

State-owned company Belarusian Metallurgical Plant was launched in 1984. BMZ exports about 85% of its output. In 2013 BMZ products were exported to the EU, Russia, the Middle East, Ukraine, the United States, Africa, South Africa. The EU, the Middle East and Russia account for almost 90% of the BMZ's total exports.