Air Liquide in Russia
Air Liquide and NLMK
In July 2020, Air Liquide and NLMK, a leading steel producer in
Russia, have entered into a new long-term partnership.
Under the agreement, Air Liquide will invest around 100 million
euros in the flagship site of NLMK in Lipetsk, a combination of
three projects which include the construction of a state-of-the-art
Air Separation Unit (ASU), the acquisition of existing hydrogen
unit for the steel plant and the unit for Rare Gases production.
Air Liquide will design, build, own and operate a new Air
Separation Unit providing the highest industry standards in
safety, efficiency and reliability. The unit with a production
capacity of 1,000 tonnes of oxygen per day will be built on the
Lipetsk site to increase steel production of the flagship site of
NLMK. Based on latest energy efficiency technologies, the new
Air Liquide unit will be contributing to increased cost
competitiveness of the site.
The start-up of the unit is expected in 2023.
1 000 tonnes
of oxygen per day will
be produced by each
unit
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