ArcelorMittal Corporation has decided to suspend steel manufacture at ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih. The plant will stop operation to provide safety to its employees and assets. “The process to shut down all the blast furnaces has begun. It will last for 7 to 10 days,” the group said. (Ukrainian metal)
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has decreased its operation to the technical minimum resulting in the drop of manufacture of raw materials for blast furnaces. This complicates the operation of the largest blast furnace in Europe with the volume of 5034 cubic meters. Without raw materials, the blast furnace No. 9 will not operate. On February 28,…
On February 25, employees of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih will receive their wages for February in full. “Together with our employees we are doing everything possible to keep our plant, which is feeding the entire city. None knows what tomorrow brings, so we want our employees to be prepared to any developments”, AMKR CEO Mauro Longobardo…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih intends to repair air heaters No. 1 and No. 3, as well as the blast furnace No. 9 air heater building. The reconstruction will be carried out in two stages. At first the air heater No. 1 will be reconstructed and then – air heater No. 3. Outdated equipment will be replaced…
In January-November, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih paid 13.4 billion UAH of taxes, up 2.3-fold YoY. In particular, to the state budget the company paid 7.2 billion UAH and to the local budgets – 1.6 billion UAH. The unified social payment amounted to 982 million UAH and VAT from raw materials import – 3.6 billion UAH. In…
In January-October, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih increased pig iron output by 9.6% YoY, to 4.9 million tons. Rolled metal manufacture grew by 3.4%, to 4.2 million tons, and steel – by 6.2%, to 4.5 million tons. In November, AMKR produced 320 thousand tons of rolled metal, 330 thousand tons of pig iron and 340 thousand tons…
In January-October, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih increased pig iron manufacture by 13.9% YoY, to 4.57 million tons. Steel output grew by 8.9%, to 4.17 million tons, and rolled metal – by 5.4%, to 3.9 million tons. In October, AMKR produced 400 thousand tons of rolled metal, 410 thousand tons of steel and 405 thousand tons of…
ArcelorMittal kriviy Rih is experiencing difficulties with coking coal provision, yet this does not affect steel and pig iron manufacture. The company has started buying coking coal in the Czech Republic, without disclosing volumes. Thus the company intends to diversify risks. (Ukrainian metal)