Hot metal is the first: the blast furnace shop, where the history of Zaporizhstal began, celebrates its 92nd anniversary
Nine decades after the first blast furnaces began operating in Zaporizhzhia, the fire here never goes out. It lives on in the hearts of the people who come to work every day.The shift of Zaporizhstal's ironmakers has been going on for 92 years, and during this time, the plant's blast furnaces have witnessed many important events. During the full-scale invasion, for the second time in the history of the plant, the ironmakers had to shut down the furnaces, and in just 33 days, they resumed operation. Today, metallurgists are working in equally difficult conditions."Typical problems today include a shortage of raw materials, when we have to work on a just-in-time basis, interruptions and instability in the country's energy sector, hostile shelling, and a shortage of personnel. It is extremely difficult to work in such conditions, because our efficiency depends on the consistency and stability of the technological process. Of course, all these difficulties affect people's moral order. But