Zaporizhstal has put into operation the blast furnace No. 4 after capital repairs. Investments in the project totaled some 100 million UAH. The repair lasted for 15 days. The capacity of the blast furnace is 1.1 million tons of pig iron per year. (Ukrainian metal)
In November Zaporizhstal produced 330.7 thousand tons of steel, up by 10.1% YoY. According to the company statement, pig iron output grew by 7.8%, to 341.7 thousand tons, and rolled metal – by 44.6%, to 269.3 thousand tons. In January-November the company increased steel manufacture by 5.4% YoY, to 3.762 million tons, pig iron –…
Zaporizhstal intends to attract a loan of $18 million from Ukrgazbank. The extraordinary meeting of the shareholders will decide on the issue. The loan will be attracted for the period of not more than 5 years, with the interest rate of 7% to 9%. The meeting will order the CEO Rostislav Shurma or another person,…
Energomashspetsstal has won a tender to supply 377 tons of rolls to Zaporizhstal. According to the company statement, the new agreement was signed following the tender held in November. Next year EMSS will produce 16 vertical and back up rolls for cold- and hot-rolling mills. The rolls will be shipped by installments according to the…
In April-May 2019 Zaporizhstal will complete the preparation of the site for the construction of the oxygen-converter shop. According to CEO Rostislav Shurma, the company is also constructing a 2.5km road. The construction of the shop has been entrusted to Metinvest Engineering. At present some 50 machines are operating at the construction sites. The CEO…
Zaporizhstal has successfully passed the quality management system audits for the correspondence to the international standards. Bureau Veritas Certification Ukraine LLC awarded the company a new quality certificate. Moreover, the European Fund for Quality Management also audited the company. Zaporizhstal has become the best Ukrainian company according to the fund. (Ukrainian metal)
On November 16, on the day of its 85 years, Zaporizhstal received conformation of its records entered into the National project of records of Ukraine. This is the reconstruction of the blast furnace No. 3 and the environment initiative “Save the Dnepr Together”. The reconstruction lasted for 8 months, while usually it lasts for 1.5…
In January-October Zaporizhstal increased payments to budgets of all levels by 29% YoY, to 3.2 billion UAH. According to the company statement, payments to local budgets grew from 505 million UAH to 574 million UAH. The increase in tax payments is due to the growth of salary at the company. Thus, as of October the…
