ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has decreased its operation to the technical minimum resulting in the drop of manufacture of raw materials for blast furnaces. This complicates the operation of the largest blast furnace in Europe with the volume of 5034 cubic meters. Without raw materials, the blast furnace No. 9 will not operate. On February 28,…
On February 25, employees of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih will receive their wages for February in full. “Together with our employees we are doing everything possible to keep our plant, which is feeding the entire city. None knows what tomorrow brings, so we want our employees to be prepared to any developments”, AMKR CEO Mauro Longobardo…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih intends to repair air heaters No. 1 and No. 3, as well as the blast furnace No. 9 air heater building. The reconstruction will be carried out in two stages. At first the air heater No. 1 will be reconstructed and then – air heater No. 3. Outdated equipment will be replaced…
In January-November, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih paid 13.4 billion UAH of taxes, up 2.3-fold YoY. In particular, to the state budget the company paid 7.2 billion UAH and to the local budgets – 1.6 billion UAH. The unified social payment amounted to 982 million UAH and VAT from raw materials import – 3.6 billion UAH. In…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has purchased two Shantui Construction Machinery front-end loaders. Investments amounted to 4.5 million UAH. The machines have already been delivered. In November, the company expects two bulldozers from the same manufacturer valued at 16 million UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih supports the imposition of a ferrous scrap export ban until the end of 2023. According to the company CEO Mauro Longobardo, the main buyers of Ukrainian scrap are Turkish metal plants. Using cheaper raw materials from Ukraine they later create competition for Ukrainian companies on their own market. “Scrap goes to Turkey,…
In January-May, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih decreased rolled metal production by 2.6% YoY, to 1.92 million tons. Steel output grew by 1.4%, to 2.03 million tons, pig iron – by 10.9%, to 2.32 thousand tons, and sinter – by 7.1%, to 4.07 million tons. In May, AMKR produced 400 thousand tons of rolled metal, 430 thousand…
Employees of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih have organized a strike demanding increase in salary and improvement of labor conditions. In particular, they want their wages to be increased by 30%. If the management does not agree with them, they could resort to more radical actions, for example an Italian strike. Earlier, AMKR reported that from May…
