Mechel Provides Steel Rolls for Construction of Coronavirus Medical Centers in Russia

Mechel Group’s sales network Mechel Service, a Metal-Expo regular exhibitor, is supplying steel rolls for construction of infectious disease hospitals designed to fight coronavirus all over Russia.

Russia’s defense ministry is speeding up construction of 16 medical centers. Mechel Service is supplying rolled products for construction of the defense ministry’s multifunctional medical centers in Moscow Region’s Odintsovo, Volgograd and Orenburg Region. Steel rolls are also supplied for construction of hospitals in Novosibirsk and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Supplies mainly include beams, rebar and flats produced by Mechel Group’s Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant.

Mechel Service also provides rolls for construction of an infectious disease hospital in Moscow’s Voronovo town, which will become an addition to the ward in Kommunarka and the infectious disease hospital #1. Earlier, the company supplied more than 5,000 tonnes of rebar for construction of the medical center in Kommunarka, which is currently Moscow’s key medical facility for coronavirus patients.

Mechel, founded in 2003, is one of the world's leading mining and metals companies. The company has production facilities in 11 of Russia’s regions and abroad.