AzovElectroStal (Mariupol) asks the Ministry of Ecology to allow it operating without a gas filter.
The company is asking for a term of 7 years, within which it will take all the required environmental measures.
The locals are against.
In 2014-2017 the company was not operating, and the number of employees dropped from 6 thousand to 1610.
The company accounts are arrested. It was able to unblock one of them to start paying salary.
In Q4 2017 the company received an order from Ukrzaliznytsia. To fulfill it AES needs to put two furnaces into operation. One of them has no gas-purifying filters. (Ukrainian metal)