Almost all the Metinvest-SMC servicing metal centers have resumed operation after a forced delay. In particular, the center in Lviv with the size of 5 thousand square meters, that opened a month before the war, found itself in the middle of hectic sales. “The center has increased sales to local customers, as well as clients…
Metinvest continues employing its specialists who have lost their jobs and houses because of the Russian invasion and had to relocate to the unoccupied territory of Ukraine. The group has around 4 thousand jobs in Pokrovsk, Kamenskoye, Zaporzhye and Kriviy Rih. The employees will also be provided with housing, food and clothes. For example, Andrei…
Metinvest will supply 90 thousand bulletproof vests to the Ukrainian defenders. In particular, 10 thousand vests will be purchased abroad, while for the manufacture of 80 thousand vests 900 tons of special steel will be provided. The company has started producing steel, from which plates with the thickness of 8 mm are made according to…
Metinvest has started supplying its own coal to ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih. “These are trial batches. We have never used their coal before. It has certain peculiarities, which affect coke quality. So we need a new recipe, which we are developing. Metinvest will take excess coke from us, as due to war they can no longer…
Metinvest has provided around 2 thousand jobs at its enterprises in Kriviy Rih, Zaporozhye and Kamenskoye for Mariupool citizens who have been able to evacuate from the besieged city. “Since the end of February, due to the military activity and constant shelling, the operation of Metinvest enterprises in Mariupol has been suspended. Our colleagues were…
So far, around 13 thousand employees of Metinvest group have been able to escape from the besieged Mariupol to the Ukraine-controlled territory. “All this time Russian troops have been blocking the exit of the citizens. The humanitarian corridor to evacuate the locals to Zaporozhye has not been provided. People on their own cars or on…
The Metinvest Group has supplied 450 bulletproof vests and helmets to the 11th brigade of the Kyiv region territorial defense. EUR 10 million was used to buy the first batch of 5 thousand vests, helmets and first aid kits. “The modern defense means were made of quality materials and purchased in Europe. In particular, the…
Ukraine has lost about 30-40% of its metal capacities because of the war with Russia. “Mariupol plants constitute more than a third of the Ukrainian steel manufacture. Thus, so far Ukraine has lost about 30-40% of its metallurgical capacities,” Metinvest CEO Yuri Ryzhenkov has said. He claims that Mariupol plants will be rebuilt after the…