At public hearings, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih presented EIA reports on two investment projects – reconstruction of water pipeline for supply of process water to OBP-1 and construction of cooling tower for cooling of water in recirculation system of GCP-5 of BF-9. Public hearings are held under procedures specified in the law “On Environment Impact Assessment”.…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih will increase funding to purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) for its employees: from 81.7 million UAH in 2018 to 96.3 million UAH in 2019. A part of PPE has already arrived at the enterprise. There are new products in addition to traditional PPE – heavy-duty clothes and shoes with steel caps, earplugs,…
Because of the damage to 4 electricity lines several shops of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih have been cut off grid. In particular, without electricity are open-hearth, blooming and rolling shops. According to the employees, the lines were damaged by a crane gibbet. (Ukrainian metal)
Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) has prohibited the transportation of metal scrap to ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih. According to the enterprise report, scrap is prohibited to be delivered to the Krivoy Rog-Main station. The prohibition runs from February 18 till February 21. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 overall expenses of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih on environmental issues exceeded 600 million UAH. According to the company press service, in particular, gas-purification equipment was repaired at the sintering machines Nos. 1 and 5, the flanged beam machine No. 6, and the converter No. 3. In the mining department crushing and ore processing factories…
Starting from this week, new vehicle KrAZ-63221 that will deliver ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih miners to workplaces at open pits and remote dumps has been released on the roads. In total, 5 such vehicles are used for these purposes in Mining Department, and the entire fleet of crew change vehicles at the plant amounts to 26…
Sergey Kaplin, a member of the Verkhovna Rada from the Petr Poroshenko Block faction, suggests nationalizing ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih. According to an explanatory note to a draft decree, the MP suggests the Cabinet of Ministers to buy all the shares of the enterprise. The goal behind the idea is to protect the national interests and…
In 2018, the volume of sales of metal products of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih made 4.5 million tons, with finished products accounting for 65% (rebar, wire rod and sections). The share of square billets decreased by 2%, from 29% to 27%, while hot metal share increased to 9% (+2%). In 2018, customers from 62 countries purchased…
