On August 2 a contractor employee perished at the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. The man fell from on high. The accident happened because of the safety rules violations. This is the third lethal accident at the works since the beginning of the year. In March a person fell into the ventilation shaft of…
Late on July 31 the newly equipped gas-purifying unit of the sinter factory in Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works went up in flames. This is not the first time when the Termokimik filters went out of operation. Last week 2 more filters stopped operation. The fire was the result of fixing the operation of…
Metinvest has attracted a loan of 43.2 million euros for 7 years to finance the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. The loan is covered by the Austrian export guarantee issued by Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG. The money will be spent to finance the construction of the continuous casting machine No. 4 at Mariupol Ilyich by…
In January-June Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works increased rolled metal output by 9% YoY, to 1.45 million tons. Steel manufacture grew by 8.5%, to 1.61 million tons, and pig iron – by 23%, to 2.3 million tons. In June the company produced 245 thousand tons of rolled metal, 274 thousand tons of steel and…
In June Energomashspetsstal shipped over 100 tons of supporting rolls to Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. The rolls have been produce under the agreement signed last October. EMSS has to produce some 500 tons of rolls for Mariupol Ilyich. The rolls will be used at hot- and cold-rolling strip mills. (Ukrainian metal)
The environment activists of Mariupol, one of the most polluted cities in Ukraine, protest against construction of a new continuous casting machine No. 4 with the capacity of 2.5 million tons and the ladle furnace instead of the outdated CCM No. 1 with the capacity of 0.75 million tons per year at Mariupol Ilyich Iron…
The decrease of cargo trains throughput in the direction of Mariupol has affected the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works output. In particular, the company pig iron manufacture in June is decreased by 25 thousand tons. Raw materials stocks are enough for 1-2 days, while the losses of non-received currency revenue and non-fulfillment of obligations…
An employee of a contractor company perished at the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. The accident with the employee of the Azov Bud-Proekt LLC happened on June 8. The welder fell into the skip pit while working at the blast furnace No. 5. The blast furnace shop of Mariupol Ilyich operates 5 furnaces with…
