ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has signed an agreement valued at almost $30 million with CISDI (China) to modernize its largest blast furnace No. 9. The Chinese company will design, supply and assemble the main machinery, as well as train the AMKR personnel. Last year a major accident occurred at the blast furnace. Since February 2018, the…
At public hearings, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has presented an Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the project of the Wire Rod Mill-1 Reconstruction, which includes replacement of two laying heads and two pinch-rolls. Design solutions were accepted in line with the basic engineering from the technology and main equipment supplier – Danieli company. This mill produces…
The 11th Contest of Rolling Mill Specialists in memory of Ion Rotaru, the honored steelmaker of Ukraine, was held at ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih. This year the teams of steelmaking companies of Kriviy Rih, Kamianske, Zaporizhzhia and Temirtau (Kazakhstan) participated in the contest. Sergey Kozachuk, Director of Rolling Department, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih: “Many companies are expanding…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has finished the pre-commissioning of the upgraded automated dispatch control system for mining and conveyor equipment. The project price amounted to over UAH 16 million. The company started using the system in 2003, and in 2009 it switched it to Tetra digital data transmission system. Nevertheless, since then, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has…
At the public hearings ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has presented a report on the planned reconstruction of the wire mill No. 1 influence on the environment. The project will see two loop layers and two wire-addition systems replaced by Danieli. The capacity of the mill will not increase. In order to increase it, the company will…
On May 16, the Dnepr District Administrative Court opened a case on the claim of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih to the Office of major taxpayers of the State Fiscal Service. The company wants to cancel the office decision obliging it to pay 114.6 million UAH of profit tax and 57.3 million UAH of fines. In February,…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has completed modernization of the automation control system of Light Section Wire Rod Mill No. 250/150-6 in the Rolling Shop No. 3. There the company produces bar and coil rod with diameter from 5.5 up to 32 mm. The initial project price was estimated at UAH 48 million, but actual costs amounted…
Payments on environmental tax are growing but they are not used in Ukraine for environment protection purposes. Most of this money goes to national budget and not to local one, and is spent for anything but not for environment. It is necessary to change the mechanism for distribution and spending of this money as well…
