Blast furnace 7 “Rossiyanka” at Novolipetsk (NLMK Group)

Views of the galvanising line, where a thin layer of zinc is applied to the steel to protect it from corrosion

Monitoring slab production from control room

Exterior view of facility

Transporting steel billet to the hot strip mill

In a hot rolling mill solidified steel is reheated to a high temperature and rolled between rotating cylinders to reduce its thickness

Stacks of steel slab in storage

Close-up of cutting steel billet