On August 15 steel spilt out at the converter shop of Azovstal. The accident happened due to the opening of the steel ladle. There were no injured. The company says the accident will not affect the environmental situation in the city of Mariupol. The shop is operating in normal mode. On July 12 pig iron…
Metinvest has invested 4.6 million UAH in the replacement of special machinery used to repair railrod at Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. In particular, an all-purpose on-track machine has been purchased. The machine is used to repair railroad. “The length of the railroad at our plant exceeds 300 km. The new machine will serve us…
Azovstal Iron and Steel Works has started shutting down its blast furnace No. 5. The furnace will be shut down for good. When it is fully cooled down, it will be disassembled. With the decommissioning of the blast furnace No. 5, air pollution will decrease, thus lowering the environment impact in the city of Mariupol.…
In 2018 Azovstal Iron and Steel Works increased rolled metal output by 1.8% YoY, to 3.879 million tons. According to the company statement, its steel manufacture dropped by 4.2%, to 4.082 million tons, while pig iron – by 1.9%, to 3.707 million tons. In December 2018 Azovstal produced 350 thousand tons of rolled metal, 358…
In January-October Azovstal produced 3.285 million tons of rolled metal, up by 4.4% YoY. Steel output dropped by 4%, to 3.424 million tons, but that of pig iron grew by 0.9%, to 3.149 million tons. In October Azovstal produced 249 thousand tons of rolled metal, 255 thousand tons of steel and 255 thousand tons of…
Metinvest has shut down the blast furnace No. 4 of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works to carry out an ecological modernization. After the modernization the company will completely stop using seawater to cool the blast furnace. Moreover, in 2014-2016 the blast furnace underwent a reconstruction valued at 2 billion UAH. “Now we will replace…
Azovstal Iron and Steel Works will completely reconstruct its blast furnace shop. According to the company statement, by 2021 some 900 million UAH will have been invested in the environment modernization. 2 years ago Azovstal completed the reconstruction of the blast furnace No. 4, which is now one of the up-to-date and environment-friendly furnaces in…
A refractory worker perished at the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, and a master worker was injured. The accident happened at the coke shop after the repair of the coke oven battery, when the elevator with people fell down. On May 28 the railroad car inspector perished at the works, and on March 16 –…