OJSC Byelorussian Steel Works is a Belarusian company operating in the steel industry, centred in Zhlobin. The main raw material of the enterprise is scrap. The enterprise’s product range includes: concast square steel billets, hot rolled round & square steel bars, rebars, hot rolled seamless pipe, high carbon wire rod, tyre steel cord, bead wire, hose wire, general purpose wire, steel fiber.HistoryBelarusian Steel Works was constructed in accordance with the USSR Ministers Council decree to provide Belarusian enterprises with the bars utilize local scrap.The task for the plant working out was confirmed by the USSR Ministry of Ferrous Metallurgy in November 19, 1982. In 1982 there was signed a contract with the Austrian firm Voestalpine for designing and " on key-basis " erecting of the metallurgical plant and all the necessary constructions for the annual output of 500 000 mt bars and 200 000 mt carbon and low alloyed concast billets.The main sub-contractor was an Italian film Danieli. More than 30 firms of Federal Republic of Germany, Sweden, Italy, Hungary, etc. took part in working out the project, equipment supply and plant erecting.The works began in May 1982. In October 1984 we had a good chance to witness the first heal and in November the rolled product in November 25, 1984. The second turn was put into operation in 1984, the third one - in 1991.At present the plant has a possibility to produce 1 100 000 mt of steel, 250 000 mt of structural rolled product and 500 000 mt of bars. The major items of production consist of rebar, billet, channel, wire rod and cold heading wire rod. More than 50 alloyed and low-alloyed structural and carbon steel grades are produced by our plant. Two steel cord shops produce 50 000 mt of steel cord, 10 000 mt of brass bead wire and 10 000 mt of hose wire annually. Basic funds cost of the plant is 1 700 000 000 rubles.