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…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih plans to stop using natural gas altogether in 2 years replacing it with the pulverized coal mix. On October 12, the Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman participated in the putting into operation of the PCI machine in the blast furnace No. 9 at AMKR. “We’re injecting some 40 tons per hour, that’s around…
The Kriviy Rih city authorities have adopted the environmental program for 2016-2025. The work on the program started in April. ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, as the main polluter, received the most environmental tasks. According to the environmental department, AMKR pollutions total 82% in the city. But the management of the works asked to postpone the stopping…
