The EU Commission has imposed a 10.6% definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of hot rolled and cold-twisted deformed bars from the Republic of Belarus – that is, from Byelorussian Steel Works (BMZ), the country’s sole rebar exporter. The duty corresponds to the revised injury margin. One immediate reaction from a Polish distributor was: “So BMZ is not coming back to the Polish market.”

What do the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, London and Sochi Olympic facilities, the Panama Canal breakwaters, the National Library of Belarus and the Warsaw National Stadium have in common? These sites, as well as many others all over the world, were built and renovated with the use of the metal materials produced by the OJSC "Belarusian Steel Works – management company of "Belarusian Metallurgical Company" holding". During its 30-year history the enterprise, located in Zhlobin, has truly become the country's national asset, the flagship of Belarusian industry, a large exporter known on five continents. Anatoly Savenok, General Director of the OJSC "BSW – management company of "BMC" holding" has told "Mercury" about the conquest of "steel heights" and the difficulties that Zhlobin metallurgists face.

The present understanding of seamless pipe production issue in SRM at the plant is reviewed. Numerical modeling of virtual technology aimed to reduce rejects and simplify switch over to new sizes and steel grades is described. 

Peculiarities of selection of rolling flow chart and calculation of dimensions of roll passes for production of rebar by slitting process in small-section continuous mills. The example is made how to calculate a geometric parameters of the second special caliber of slitting process.