Metallosnabzheniye I Sbyt’s January issue featured a rating of Russia’s best ferrous and non-ferrous metals manufacturers and traders in the second half of 2011.

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) was mentioned as one of Russia’s Top 3 deep-level processing goods manufacturers and the country’s 4th best section steel producer. What is more, MMK’s daughter enterprise MMK METIZ was announced one of Russia’s Top 3 hardware plants.

‘MMK once again proved second to none in the production of flat-rolled goods. According to the rating of Russia’s best ferrous and non-ferrous metals manufacturers and traders in the second half of 2011, the company was declared the best flat stock manufacturer. This great position in the rating means that MMK’s efforts to create the modern, hi-tech production lines that are meant for the manufacturing of high quality flat stock have been recognized. The lines that are most worth mentioning are our Mill 5000 (plate iron production) and Mill 2000 (the modern multi-purpose cold-rolled unit) that will be completed this year,’ MMK reports.

The traditional rating of best ferrous and non-ferrous metals manufacturers and traders has been compiled on the basis of special questionnaires filled in by the metal products customers; the metal market experts’ opinions were taken into account as well. Also, the report writers completed a multi-faceted analysis of the metallurgical enterprises’ performance using the following criteria:

- Business development dynamics;

- Scope of shipments;

- Quality of after-sales service;

- Supplier’s dependability in terms of meeting contractual obligations.