Zaporizhstal has completed the disassembly at the blast furnace No. 3 reconstruction site. The total weight of the structures disassembled exceeded 12 thousand tons. “In 60 days we have completely disassembled the structures of the old furnace and freed the site to start construction”, Zaporizhstal CEO Rostislav Shurma said. Investments in the project amounted to…
In December 2016 Zaporizhstal produced 264.6 thousand tons of pig iron, 305.4 thousand tons of steel and 267.4 thousand tons of rolled metal, all down by 25.2%, 13.5% and 11.9% YoY respectively. In January-December 2016 the output totaled 3600.2 thousand tons of pig iron, 3890.7 thousand tons of steel and 3367.9 thousand tons of rolled…
Robert Reisetbauer, a member of the supervisory board and the vice-president of the PriMetals Technology (Austria), has chaired a round table on the steel smelting reconstruction and the construction of the hot-rolled coils production complex at Zaporizhstal. He believes that the environment technologies applied at the project will meet the best practices. “We would use…
In 2016 Zaporizhstal delivered over 540 thousand tons of metal to its customers via river transport through the Zaporozhye river port. River transportation allows the company to decrease logistics expenses and increase delivery speed. “We have worked out a stable logistics model of river transportation. Now the state has to develop this method and create…
In 2016 Zaporizhstal expects to decrease gas consumption by 18.6% YoY, to 166 million cubic meters. According to the company statement, in 2013 the works consumed 236 million cubic meters of natural gas, in 2014 – 206 million, and in 2015 – 204 million. In October Zaporizhstal reached the lowest gas consumption level of 10…
In January-November Zaporizhstal produced 3.586 million tons of steel, down by 1.1% YoY. According to the company statement, its pig iron output decreased by 3.4% YoY, to 3.337 million tons, while that of rolled metal went up by 1.6% YoY, to 3.1 million tons. In November Zaporizhstal produced 276.1 thousand tons of pig iron, 311.9…
In 2017 Zaporizhstal plans to increase pig iron output by 7-8%, and that of steel and rolled metal – by 3-4% YoY. “I hope we manage to put the blast furnace No.3 into operation in time and increase output”, the company CEO Rostislav Shurma said. According to him, it’s difficult to forecast financial results, as…
Additional expenses of Zaporizhstal from the announced 25% increase in cargo transportation by railroad will amount to 600 million UAH. According to the company CEO Rostislav Shurma, these funds will most likely be stolen by various groups of officials. “They would better increase efficiency, fight corruption and bring investments to the railroad. If they fulfilled…