On November 3, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih witnessed an environment strike. 15 city public organizations went on a strike against AMKR polluting the environment. In response the company said that all its ecological projects for the past 10 years were aimed at the step-by-step replacement of the outdated machinery with more environment-friendly equipment and implementation of…
Kharkiv Works of Materials-Handling Equipment has supplied a claw crane to ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih warehouse. According to the company, the crane lifting capacity is 16 tons. “Such a crane is a very expensive machinery, but it is necessary to ensure timely delivery of metal”, AMKR reconstruction and development department deputy director Sergey Nevroda said. (Ukrainian…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has started returning land, belonging to Krivorozhstal, to the city of Kriviy Rih. In particular, 36.41 ha have been returned: 11.39 ha under the mining and processing complex in Ingulets district; 17.44 ha under furniture manufacture in Pokrovsk district; 1.78 ha and 2.99 ha under pig farms in Dolgintsev district; and 2.79…
Prosecutors succeeded in making ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih pay for pollution. “A record. ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has paid 72.69 million UAH to the state for abnormal pollution”, the general prosecutor of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko said. (Ukrainian metal)
Beginning with October 19, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih had to start paying for damages caused by its pollution. According to the new Tax Code of Ukraine, AMKR has to pay the following to the state: 30% to the special state budget fund (21 million UAH) and 70% to the local budget (50.4 million UAH). The latter…
In January-September ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih produced 4.27 million tons of rolled metal, up by 10.8% YoY. According to the company statement, steel smelting went up by 8.8%, to 4.72 million tons, while pig iron production increased by 15.8%, to 4.52 million tons. The company also produced 7.77 million tons of sinter, 692 thousand tons of…
Girish Sardana has been appointed the new deputy provision director of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih. According to the company statement, he will be responsible for all raw material supplies, contract work management, Capex & Opex Projects, supplier choosing and expenses decrease. Sardana worked for Kelvinator, Shriram Projects, SMS DEMAG, etc. In 2002-2015 he occupied top offices…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih plans to invest $1.5 billion into development until 2020. “We would go on with our investment activities”, Paramjit Kahlon, the company CEO, explained. For the past 10 years AMKR has been investing some $250 million each year. According to Kahlon, the works operation has a positive impact on the economical situation in…