Steel mine supports have a wide range of use in building of long coal and ore shaft workings and in driving of tunnels and galleries. The high technical standard of the produced steel supports ensures to Mittal Steel Ostrava a.s. a significant place among leading world industrial producers. The steel mine supports are made from high-grade steel produced in own steel works. The final production parameters are constantly checked in the production workshop, as well as in the Research and Testing Laboratory of the Coal Institute for Science and Research in Ostrava - Radvanice.