Following the increase of the minimal wage to 3200 UAH from January 1, metal companies of Mariupol, nevertheless, do not plan to fire employees. According to Azovstal HR director Konstantin Voitsekhovsky, all the jobs have been kept. “As of January the average salary was 10 thousand UAH. That’s considerably higher compared to the average salary…
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works output has dropped by 20% since the beginning of February. “In February sinter production decreased by 16%, or by 100 thousand tons, pig iron, steel and lime – by 20% on average”, the company CEO Yuri Zinchenko reported. According to him, since the beginning of the railroad blockade the…
The Chernomorsky Ship-Building Works (Nikolayev) will produce a lined barrel mixer for the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. The size of the mixer will be 2.8 meters (diameter) and 10 meters (length). Such mixers are used at sintering factories. Some 80 tons of rolled metal will be needed to produce the mixer. The price…
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has finished the capital repairs of its heating furnace No. 1 in the 3000 sheet-rolling shop. According to the company CEO Yuri Zinchenko the overhaul cost 6.5 million UAH. The repairs saw the replacement of the major part of mechanical equipment: 260 reiters and 16 units of swivel joints.…
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works decided to decrease output because of the blockade of the railroad to the uncontrolled territories. “The stable transport connection is part and parcel of the functioning of our enterprises. Our raw material stocks are dwindling. We even have to make a decision to decrease output. Without the operation of…
In January Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works produced 236 thousand tons of rolled metal, up by 33.3% YoY. According to the company statement, it also produced 249 thousand tons of steel and 242 thousand tons of pig iron, up by 24.5% and down by 17% YoY respectively. In December 2016 Mariupol Ilyich produced 201…
The Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works will have additional expenses of 700 million UAH following the increase of railroad tariffs, and 10% of its products will become profitless, the company CEO Yuri Zinchenko said. “In case of another tariff increase 10% of our 2017 orders will automatically become profitless. Why? Because the prime cost…
In 2016 Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works spent 1.647 billion UAH on its technical modernization. Strategic investment projects cost the company 894 million UAH. “That’s the reconstruction of the gas-purifying equipment in the sintering factory (259 million UAH) and the second converter (136 million UAH), overhaul of the blast furnace No. 4 (334 million…