The situation at the metal works, taken by the DPR-LPR militants from their rightful owners, has become almost critical in just 1 week. Despite the local authorities’ forecasts, which promised to quickly reorient production to Russian and provide up to 70% of the budget revenues from these companies, most of them start to shut down.…
Donetsk Iron and Steel Works, a part of Donetskstal, has shut down its blast furnace No. 1 because of the absence of iron ore raw materials caused by the railroad blockade. On February 26, the daily shift smelted 400 thousand tons of pig iron, and the BF was shut down. The BF-1 used to produce…
In January-September Donetsk Iron and Steel Works produced 635 thousand tons of steel, up by 49.1% YoY. In September pig iron output totaled 97 thousand tons, down from 105 thousand tons in August. Because the open-hearth manufacture was shut down in April 2012, the works is not producing steel. In January-September 2015 DMZ was mostly…
On October 15, Donetsk Iron and Steel Works, situated in the territory of the Russia-supported terrorist organization Donetsk People’s Republic, put its blast furnace No. 1 into operation. The halt of the BF was connected with the overhaul. Repairs at BF2 are underway. (Ukrainian metal)
June proved to be extremely unlucky for Ukrainian metal companies mostly because of the railroad strike. Steel smelting dropped by 19% MoM, to 1.87 million tons, pig iron output decreased by 20.5% MoM, to 1.79 million tons. Average daily steel output in June totaled 62.4 thousand tons as opposed to 73.2 thousand tons in May.…
In January-June Donetsk Iron and Steel Works produced 350 thousand tons of pig iron, up by 87.2% YoY. In June the company produced 35 thousand tons of pig iron, down from 106 thousand tons in May. Open-hearth manufacture was shut down in 2012, and the steel smelting complex is under construction, so the works doesn’t…
Donetsk Iron and Steel Works has resumed operation after a forced delay following the partial stop of railroad connection in the ATO zone. The works has already produced 1.5 thousand tons of pig iron. At the same time Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works has been working at low capacities for a week. It produces some…
Donetskstal has decided to stop operations at Donetsk Iron and Steel Works because of problems with logistics in the Antiterrorist operation zone. “The blast furnaces have been shut down until the railroad starts working again”, said Metallurgprom president Alexander Kalenkov. In May DMZ produced 106 thousand tons of pig iron – the largest volume since…
