Ví?TKOVICE STEEL, a.s. changed over to a complete supply of charge from external suppliers after the shutdown of its steelworks in September 2016. The supply volume of slabs from South America will reach a substantial portion of the total annual volume of the charge consumption required for the production of heavy plates at the 3.5 Kvarto rolling mill. “Depending on the quality and reliability of the supply, in the long run the deliveries could constitute up to half of the annual consumption supply of slabs in the company. Meanwhile, by the end of this year, we expect an import of – on average – 20,000 tons of slabs per month,” says Dmitry Š Ä?uka, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Many experts in the field of metallurgy considered this step courageous and even predicted fatal consequences for the company. “We have passed a year in which we systematically worked to acquire a flow of slabs from suppliers for our production. Although this process is still active and will never be completely finished, we can proudly state that we have achieved the results that we set as our initial target,” concludes Dmitry Š Ä?uka.
