Azovstal Iron and Steel Works has put its blast furnace No. 6 into operation after capital repairs valued at 60 million UAH. “The furnace was put on hold for an overhaul on July 25”, said the company CEO Enver Tsikishvili. The repairs lasted for 22 days. In 2015 Azovstal received 1.83 billion UAH of losses,…
Energomashspetsstal will supply a batch of rolls for Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. “We will produce work rolls for hot-rolling weighing 6-16 tons. The total weight will reach 232 tons”, said the company in its statement. The rolls will be completely mechanically treated at EMSS and supplied to the buyer in the third or fourth…
Azovstal Iron and Steel Works plans to have completed the construction of pulverized coal injection plant (PCI) by the end of this year and phase out natural gas for ironmaking. Pre-assembly of PCI steel structures is currently in progress. Metinvest Engineering, LLC acts as the General Contractor and the General Designer in this project. The…
Since July 19, the throughput of the Kamysh-Zarya railroad route has dropped from 14 cargo trains per day to 9. “The reason isn’t something new – the lack of fuel”, said the Azovstal CEO Enver Tsikishvili. The works has to help railroad again – it provided 33 tons of fuel. “But that will be enough…
Azovstal Iron and Steel Works has initiated exercises to check the effectiveness of interaction between emergency services and the staff in case of an accident. The works divisions will enact evacuation and rescue, safe mode operation and elimination of accidents. (Ukrainian metal)
Limitations of the throughput rate of the railroad stage Kamysh-Zarya – Volnovakha results in the failure with raw materials delivery to Azovstal and Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, that have to decrease output, while Ukraine loses some $1.5 billion of revenues per year. According to Ilyich Works CEO Yuri Zinchenko, because of the lack…
The index committee of Ukrainian Stock Exchange has excluded Azovstal Iron and Steel Works and Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works shares from its main index. The decision was taken following the transformation of the companies from public to private ownership. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-May Azovstal Iron and Steel Works produced 1.32 million tons of rolled metal, up by 2% YoY. According to the company statement, steel smelting increased by 4.8%, to 1.47 million tons, that of pig iron – by 4.6%, to 1.26 million tons, all YoY. Because of the closing down of sinter factory, the works…