# Air Liquide signs long-term contract with NLMK, invests €100 million in Lipetsk

Air Liquide signed a long-term partnership with steel producer NLMK, investing around €100 million to build a new Air Separation Unit (ASU) at NLMK's Lipetsk site, acquire existing hydrogen and rare gas units. The ASU will have a capacity of 1,000 tons of oxygen per day and start up in 2023.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-07-16
- Where: Lipetsk, Russia
- Value: $114.0M (100.0M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1,000 tons of oxygen per day
- Products: oxygen, hydrogen, rare gases
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Air Liquide](https://endata.com/companies/2132.md)
- [NLMK Group](https://endata.com/companies/17533.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [airliquide.com](https://www.airliquide.com/group/press-releases-news/2020-07-16/air-liquide-signs-new-long-term-contract-leading-steel-producer-nlmk-russia), 2020-07-16: "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 of the unit for Rare Gases produ"

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