14 Jun 2022 12:59

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih gradually restoring production

MOSCOW. June 14 (Interfax) - The ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (AMKR) steelworks in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine is gradually restarting production, which was interrupted in March of this year.

Chief of the Dnipropetrovsk region's military administration Valentyn Reznychenko, chairman of the Dnipropetrovsk region's council Mykola Lukashuk and head of Kryvyi Rih's military administration Oleksandr Vilkul discussed the relaunch of the metallurgical production process during a visit to the enterprise, the Ukrainian media said, citing the company's press release.

It was said that one blast furnace, two coke-oven batteries, three casting machines, a rolling mill, and one of the facility's three continuous casting machines are currently operating at AMKR.

In early March 2022, the company's management decided to stop all blast furnaces and the metallurgical production process at the enterprise. The plant's byproduct coke production process is currently hot-idle, a forced measure, which helps avert irreparable damage to equipment. The operations of the company's mining department have not been suspended, but the volume of ore mining was reduced due to disruptions in logistic routes and the temporary shutdown of the blast furnaces, the company said.

Since April, MVKR has gradually been resuming its production processes, restarting its blast furnace no. 6 on April 9 as the first such step.

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih is the largest manufacturer of rolled steel in Ukraine, specializing in the production of long-sized rolled steel, including rebar and rolled wire.

ArcelorMittal owns the largest Ukrainian steelworks ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih and a number of smaller companies, including PJCS ArcelorMittal Beryslav.