The blast furnace No. 3 at Zaporizhstal will be put into operation in April in full accordance with the schedule. According to the company CEO Rostislav Shurma, because of the railroad blockade of uncontrolled territories in Donetsk and Lugansk regions many metal companies have been experiencing the shortages of blast furnace raw materials. “The main…
In February Zaporizhstal produced 254.3 thousand tons of pig iron, 293.3 thousand tons of steel and 247.1 thousand tons of rolled metal. According to the company YoY decrease has to do with the blast furnace No. 3 being shut down in November 2016 for a large-scale overhaul. The company invested 1.5 billion UAH in the…
Zaporizhstal ranked first among the steel plants of Zaporizhia region in terms of taxes paid to the national budget in 2016, said the National Tax Inspection Agency for operations with major taxpayers of Zaporizhia. In 2016, major taxpayers of the region paid more than UAH 10 billion in taxes to the national and local budgets,…
Zaporizhstal employees have addressed the mayor of Zaporozhye Vladimir Buryak asking him to use all the possible legal methods to help solve the railroad blockade of Donbass problem. “The employees have expressed their concern of the ongoing blockade of Donbass, resulting in the coking and energy-generating coal shortages. The workers are aware of the consequences…
In 2016 Zaporizhstal consumed 160 million cubic meters of gas, down by 22% YoY, or by 44 million cubic meters. According to the company, such results have been reached due to the complex energy-saving program across the company. “The major measure was the project on coking gas supply from Zaporozhkoks to Zaporizhstal shops”, the company…
In January Zaporizhstal produced 287.7 thousand tons of pig iron, 326.2 thousand tons of steel and 270 thousand tons of rolled metal. This is all down by 58%, 27.5% and by 31.4% YoY respectively. The decrease in the January output has to do with the major overhaul of the blast furnace No. 3 for 150…
Zaporizhstal has commenced SKD assembly of blast furnace No. 3 right on the BF reconstruction site. All metal structures to be assembled on the new foundation weigh about 5,000 tons. To date, the plant has installed one of the six furnace shell blocks previously put together on a preparation site. Specialists have built a new…
Zaporizhstal has completed half of all the works at the blast furnace No. 3 reconstruction. “The equator has been passed. All the disassembly has been finished, the foundation is ready. We have already assembled the first block of the new BF weighing 240 tons. With just one sweep of the crane!” the company CEO Rostislav…