# VIZ-Stal to install new crane at cold rolling mill in Yekaterinburg

VIZ-Stal, a transformer steel producer and part of NLMK Group, began installing a new overhead electric crane with a rotating trolley at its cold rolling mill shop. The crane, with a capacity increased from 20 to 22 tonnes, will replace an outdated mechanism. The project cost about 33 million rubles, and commissioning is scheduled for December 2017.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2017-11-29
- Where: Yekaterinburg, Russia
- Value: $570K (33.0M RUB)
- Starts operating: Dec 2017
- Status: under construction
- Products: transformer steel, overhead electric crane
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [VIZ-Stal](https://endata.com/companies/17532.md)
- [NLMK Group](https://endata.com/companies/17533.md) (investor)
- [NLMK Group](https://endata.com/companies/17533.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [publishernews.ru](https://publishernews.ru/PressRelease/PressReleaseShow.asp?id=657953), 2017-11-29: "Пуск нового крана в эксплуатацию намечен на декабрь 2017 года."
- [armavest.ru](https://armavest.ru/news/zavody/viz-stal-obnovlyat-kranovo-oborudovani/), 2017-12-01: "Пуск нового крана в эксплуатацию намечен на декабрь 2017 г."

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