Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine decided to construct a new blast furnace. “We’re starting designing a new blast furnace. Our blast furnaces are very old. Thus, to replace the furnace No. 8, which has already been shut down, we will design and construct a new furnace”. The company CEO Alexander Podkorytov said. He did not…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine, a part of the Industrial Union of Donbass, and the authorities of the city of Kamenskoye have signed a memorandum of cooperation to improve environment. The document has been signed by the city mayor Andrey Belousov and the company CEO Alexander Podkorytov. DMK is actively participating in the infrastructure development.…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine, a part of the Industrial Union of Donbass, is increasing the salary of its employees by 25-30%.
According to the company statement, the salary increase follows the order of the CEO Alexander Podkorytov.
From April 1 the salary has been increased by 23%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine increased rolled metal output by 73% YoY, to 235 thousand tons. According to the company statement, steel output grew by 78.6%, to 234 thousand tons, and that of pig iron – by 95.3%, to 250 thousand tons. In December 2017 DMK produced 233 thousand tons of rolled metal,…
The special commission on environment issues of the city of Kamenskoye has visited Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine and checked the measures to decrease pollution. The commission was created last autumn after numerous complaints of citizens on the worsening of the ecological situation, including considerable volumes of pollution from the combine after it resumed operation.…
Last year the Commercial court of Dniepropetrovsk region ordered to arrest accounts of Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine. DMK appealed. On January 2 the court satisfied the company claim. Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine was a part of Industrial Union of Donbas (ISD), created in 1995. In May 2017 it was confirmed that DMK was…
In January-November Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine produced 1.095 million tons of rolled metal, down by 37.7% YoY. According to a company representative, steel output dropped by 35.9%, to 1.128 million tons, pig iron – by 37.8%, to 1.087 million tons. In November DMK produced 225 thousand tons of rolled metal, 237 thousand tons of…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine has completed the capital repairs of its blast furnace No. 9, at present it is operating 3 blast furnaces. According to the company statement, since the blast furnace has been commissioned after repairs (October 27) and as of November 13, it has produced 24.536 thousand tons of pig iron. “The…
In January-September Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine produced 870 thousand tons of rolled metal, 891 thousand tons of steel, 855 thousand tons of pig iron and 1.321 million tons of sinter, all down by 45%, 43.6%, 43.8% and 51.5% YoY respectively. In October DMK produced 209 thousand tons of rolled metal, 208 thousand tons of…
The Commercial Court of Kiev has ruled that Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine has to pay 2.469 billion UAH of fine and 233 million UAH of 3% interest to Metinvest under the contract on iron ore raw materials delivery dated December 29, 2010. Together with the debts of Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works, the debt…
Metinvest B.V. has started reselling a part of metal manufactured by Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine, which it receives as payment for raw materials, supplied previously and being supplied still. According to Maxim Zavgorodniy, the executive director of ISD, the owner of DMK, the works supplies only a part of its products to clear debts.…
In January-September Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine decreased rolled metal output 2.2-fold YoY, to 658 thousand tons. According to a company representative, in 9 months DMK produced 680 thousand tons of steel and 662 thousand tons of pig iron, both down 2.1 and 2.2-fold YoY. At the same time, in September the company produced 215…
On the square near the Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine a meeting was held.
People demanded clean air and healthy future for their children.
The strikers didn’t want the combine to be shut down, they just wanted the company to use all the filters and fulfill all the environment programs. (Ukrainian metal)
The Supreme Commercial Court of Ukraine has left unchanged the ruling of the Kiev commercial court of appeals as to the volume of the main debt of Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine to Metinvest at 5.19 billion UAH instead of 2.566 billion UAH. At the same time the ruling of the Commercial court of Kiev…
In August Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine underproduced 10 thousand tons of rolled metal because of the forced idle time of the 400/200 mill. According to the acting director of the rolling shop on 400/200 mill Igor Chuyko, when the works resumed operation the mill did not operate in normal order because of the lengthy…
Management of Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine is interested in providing safe labor conditions and competitive salary to its employees. Since the new start of the works 365 employees joined its ranks, all of them local citizens of Kamenskoye. “Even now there is a way to increase wages. We also want to review the bonus…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine has stopped its blast furnace No. 12 for scheduled repairs. BF No. 1M and BF No. 9 are operating normally. They are fully provided with raw materials. The sinter shop No. 2 operates to supply sinter to the blast furnace shop. The converter shop is manufacturing square billets for rolling…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine is operating 2 blast furnaces but is preparing the third one for operation. According to the company statement, the BF No. 1M was blown on July 22, and it was the only BF to produce pig iron in July. BF No. 9 was blown on July 23, and started producing…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine has put its blast furnace No. 12 into operation. Thus the blast furnace shop now operates BFs No. 1M, 9 and 12. 4 sintering machines are now providing the shop with sinter. The converter shop continues manufacturing square billets. BF No. 9 was put into operation on August 1. (Ukrainian…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine intends to switch its blast furnace No. 1M from natural gas to pulverized coal fuel. The furnace shop has started manufacture of slag and pig iron at the blast furnace No. 9. Blast furnaces have enough raw materials. BF9 was put into operation on August 1. DMK started blowing BFs1M…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine has resumed manufacture of rolled metal – 50×50 angles and wire rod. The company has also resumed manufacture of billets for milling balls with the diameter of 40 mm. One ball mill has been put into operation. The rolling shop has enough scrap to operate. The sinter shop operates 4…
On August 5 Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine intends to put its blast furnace No. 12 into operation. DMK has already started operating 2 of its blast furnaces having put into operation BF9. In July the works operated BF1M in its blast furnace shop. 3 sintering machines are working at the sinter shop No. 2.…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine has resumed the manufacture of square billets at its continuous casting machine No. 1 in the converter shop. The square billets will be used to produce metal structures at the 400/200 mill of the rolling shop. It should be noted that DMK is gradually resuming operation after a long idle…
On July 27 Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine resumed steel smelting in its converter shop.
The first smelting was carried out at the continuous casting machine.
The blast furnace shop is expecting concentrate and sinter ore delivery. The blast furnace No. 9 is being blown. (Ukrainian metal)
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine is preparing its converter shop for operation. In particular the work is being carried out at the converter No. 2 and the continuous casting machine No. 1. The steel- and pig iron pouring ladles have been heated, and the first pig iron will be poured on July 27. The rolling…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine has started producing sinter.
“The sinter shop has put into operation three sintering machines (No. 7, 8 and 10). The output of sinter totaled 14 thousand tons”, the company said.
Rotary kiln No. 1 in the converter shop has also been put into operation. (Ukrainian metal)