Posted on 13 Oct 2025
Evraz ZSMK will continue to export products to Southeast Asia but is focusing on sales in the Russian domestic market, says vice president and head of the Siberia division Pavel Sinyaev.
"Geographically, we are the closest to these Asian markets among all other Russian steelmakers,” he notes. “However, our focus is also on the domestic market. We believe that Siberia and the Far East will develop, and we are aligning our product development plans with this."
According to him, semi-finished products, pig iron, and small volumes of rolled products are currently being exported from Russia.
Earlier, Evraz ZSMK completed construction of its new pig iron casting complex (see Kallanish passim). The combined capacity of the two units is 800,000 tonnes/year of pig iron to be sold on the merchant market – replacing an older, smaller-capacity complex.
Investment in the project exceeded RUB 3 billion ($36.8 million). Commercial production is scheduled for the end of 2025.
ZSMK also began production of class ST 15V rebar, used for anchors and tying formwork panels together in monolithic construction (see Kallanish passim). The new project is an import substitution measure and expansion of the firm’s product line, the enterprise claims.
Parent company Evraz noted previously that 2025 would be a difficult year for Russian steelmakers, with supply greatly exceeding demand for steel products, while Chinese competition is pushing down prices.
Source:Kallanish
