Ukraine: Zaporizhstal blast furnace halted
Zaporizhstal has halted its blast furnace #2 for capital repairs.
Zaporizhstal has halted its blast furnace #2 for capital repairs.
In January Zaporizhstal produced 346 thousand tons of steel, up by 2.7% YoY.
In 2014 Zaporizhstal increased output of all its main types of products.
Zaporizhstal Integrated Iron and Steel Works is one of the first Ukrainian iron and steel plants that introduced QR-coding system of finished products based on SAP Mobile Inventory Management system. This system enables to operate automatically inventory procedures and finished goods shipment.
In January-September Zaporizhstal produced 2550.4 thousand tons of pig iron, 2933.7 thousand tons of steel and 2513.6 thousand tons of rolled metal, up by 6.2%, 2.1% and 2.9% YoY respectively.
Zaporizhstal estimates its investments into construction of a new converter shop on the level of $1.5 billion.
In January-September Zaporizhstal produced 2550.4 thousand tons of pig iron, 2933.7 thousand tons of steel and 2513.6 thousand tons of rolled metal.
January-August showed output increase at Zaporizhstal: pig iron – by 3.8%, steel – by 1.7% and rolled metal – by 2.6% YoY.