Metinvest is preparing to start constructing an oxygen machine at Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. “Despite coronavirus and quarantine, Mariupol Ilyich is modernizing its machinery – the company is preparing to construct an air-separation complex. It will consist of an air-separation machine with the storage of liquid oxygen and gasification station. The capacity of…
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has finished constructing dust-exhaust systems for the blast-furnace manufacture. The cost of the project was over $31 million. The construction began in August 2019. Soon bag filters will be installed at all blast furnaces. (Ukrainian metal)
Azovstal and Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works are transferring their employees from order-free departments to decreased working week. The administrative employees and manufacturing workers will now have a working week of 32 hours. The order is valid until March 31, 2020. Moreover, the business trips are suspended and the employees will not receive premiums.…
At night the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works was on fire. The fire broke out in the transformer of the sheet-rolling shop-1700. The fire was localized in some 15 minutes and extinguished in 10 more. The reason of the fire is as yet unknown. There were no casualties. (Ukrainian metal)
Metinvest has completed the first stage of the hot-rolling mill-1700 capital reconstruction at Mariupol Ilyich iron and Steel Works. “Under the project we have received a new reduction reversing stand and a better water descalling. Thanks to the reconstruction of the heating furnaces we will be able to maintain equal temperature over all the length…
In 7 years Metinvest has invested $1.2 billion in the development of Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. In particular, $408.5 million were spent on ecological projects, and $757 million on the capital construction, reconstruction and repairs. One of the largest projects was the construction of a continuous casting machine No. 4 in the converter…
The blast furnace No. 3 of Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has been shut down for capital repairs. The company intends to repair the furnace shaft, the blast furnace top and the charge loading equipment as well as modernize the furnace dust-exhaust system. The goal of the repair is to restore the blast furnace…
The modernization of the sheet-rolling mill-1700 at the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works is nearing its end. The mill has been modernized since 2018. The first stage saw the commission of a new heating furnace and a bulk coiling machine. This allowed increasing steel coil weight to 16.5 tons as opposed to 9.5 tons…