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NLMK mill targeted in Ukrainian drone attack

Written by Laura Miller

July 2, 2024

Novolipetsk Steel’s (NLMK) mill in Lipetsk, Russia, was the target of a raid by Ukrainian drones on Sunday, according to a Reuters report.

The drone “attack achieved no results other than causing extra welding work,” Reuters reported a spokesperson for NLMK as saying.

While Kyiv hasn’t taken responsibility for the attack, it believes the NLMK mill is supplying Russia’s war effort and is therefore a justifiable target for Ukraine’s military, according to the report.

However, “NLMK denies cooperating with the defense ministry, saying that its Russian operations are not capable of producing military-grade heavy steels and it does not supply the military,” Reuters said.

NLMK did not return an SMU request for comment.

Laura Miller

Laura Miller is a reporter and editor for Steel Market Update. Since 2007, she has held various editorial and marketing positions with steel industry publications, associations, and mills. In 2021, after a five-year hiatus working across other industries, she returned to steel trade journalism, joining SMU in 2022. She is a member of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries and a past-president of the AWMI Pittsburgh Chapter. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. She can be reached at laura@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7869.

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