9/10/2024

For a stronger team: Metinvest’s consolidated ore mining and processing plant conducts rotation

Business process reshuffle at the consolidated ore mining and processing plant (GZK) has freed some members of the Ingulets GZK team, offering them spots at other Metinvest businesses, mostly other GZKs. In July, 100+ Ingulets GZK employees of various occupation used this opportunity and moved to other enterprises, while retaining their salaries and benefits and now receiving an additional bonus for rotation. The workflow transformation at three mining and processing plants was prompted by reduced loads at Ingulets GZK due to significant power supply limitations, increased costs because of forced electricity imports, and high cost of ore concentrate production. In current conditions, this lowered the plant’s output. Meanwhile, the mining and processing divisions of Northern and Central GZKs continue to operate steadily, largely due to the lower production cost of iron ore. However, a shortage of workers has emerged as many employees have been mobilised into the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Metinvest Polytechnic

9/9/2024

New labor safety training at Metinvest Polytechnic: an important step towards saving lives at the production site

While the admission campaign to Metinvest Polytechnic continues, the university does not stop its active work. This time, the university launched a new training module "Falling objects from a height - safety based on risk assessment," developed for employees of industrial enterprises of Metinvest. Employees of Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works were the first to join this important training.The new training module on the top occupational safety risks is aimed at the development of employees' skills in organizing and performing work safely where there is a risk of objects falling from a height. Special emphasis is placed on practical training in risk assessment, acceptance, and management.Artem RUDIN, the trainer in charge of this area, said: "This type of training is extremely important for ensuring safety in the workplace, especially in heavy industry, where every little thing can lead to serious consequences. Our task is to teach employees not only to identify potential hazards but a

Heroes Among Us

9/9/2024

"My three kids were not a reason for me to defer, but a reason to mobilize as soon as possible"

From the first days of the war, the Zaporizhstal employee joined the ranks of The Armed Forces of Ukraine, and after demobilisation, he continues to work at the enterprise.Valentyn Mikhov, Zaporizhstal BF Shop PCI area foreman, is an experienced process man who dedicated to the enterprise near 12 years. He started his career at the enterprise as a conveyor operator and bit by bit made his career path. However, the full-scale war made adjustments to his plans and goals. On 25 February 2022, the man volunteered to defend Ukraine."By that time, I already had three kids and had all the legal grounds for deferment and leaving abroad. But how could I? When the enemy was treacherously attacking, killing civilian Ukrainians, destroying people's lives, levelling our cities to the ground, rapidly approaching our homes, I could not stand aside. I provided my family with everything they needed, quickly arranged a shelter and food supplies, and went to the recruitment centre", Valentyn recalls.Tog

Digest

9/8/2024

Metinvest is Ukraine's Pillar: highlights for September 2-8

Metinvest Group works 24/7 on its way to victory. We traditionally summarize the last seven days in our weekly digest.Keep up with all the most important things: helping the army and people, supporting the economy, and industrial facilities.1Metinvest Business Service team celebrates ten years of work.2Metinvest builds the first underground hospital on the front line.3First-aid posts of Zaporizhstal are equipped with new defibrillators.4Metinvest supports the new season of the Steel Freedom competition.5Enterprises in Zaporizhzhia got 440 first-graders ready for school6New equipment purchased for the Kamet Steel gas rescuers.7Central GOK held an annual repair day.

Aid to fighters

9/6/2024

Formula for Victory: Five Developments by Metinvest’s Ukrainian Engineers that Make the Armed Forces of Ukraine Stronger

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the number of soldiers in the defence forces has increased almost sixfold from 250,000 to 1.2 million. The larger the army, the more rear support it needs. There are five to six workers who support the war effort for every soldier at the front. Someone donates to the army, someone produces weapons and someone creates new defence systems.For three years in a row, Rinat Akhmetov’s Metinvest Group has been using all its resources to fight the enemy. Oleksandr MYRONENKO, Chief Operating Officer of Metinvest Group, said: “Metinvest’s steel saves and protects.” It has already developed and implemented several important engineering solutions that help the army’s defensive and offensive actions, and, in this way, Metinvest is also involved in the defence of the country. For this reason, the initiative has been named “Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front”.Defence solutions: Protection for tanksTanks were once considered to be the most powerful vehicles i

Modernization

9/6/2024

24-hour pit stop: Metinvest's Central GOK holds annual maintenance day

Metinvest's Central GOK held a 24-hour shutdown of its Technical Power Supply Shop and Slurry Department, crushing and beneficiation plant of the enterprise, during which important repairs and inspections of equipment were carried out. Furthermore, Pelletizing Plant underwent scheduled preventive maintenance. Every year, the enterprise plans and carries out 24-hour shutdowns of shops to carry out repair of power, process and mechanical equipment, aimed at preventing of unscheduled shutdowns and providing technical water to subdivisions of the enterprise throughout the year. This measure has a significant impact on the stability of operations and fulfilment of production tasks. According to Sergii Yanovskyi, Chief Power Engineer at Central GOK, the main works carried out include repair and maintenance of pumping equipment, valves, and pipelines of the station of the recirculating water supply in the Technical Power Supply Shop. In the Slurry Department, it was repaired and inspected sh

Aid to fighters

9/5/2024

NV: From Steel Bunkers to Mine Trawls: The Evolution of the Production of Metinvest for the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Since 24 February 2022, many Ukrainian businesses have been reflecting on their contribution to countering the aggressor. Metinvest Group, one of the largest businesses in Ukraine, combined the purchase of equipment, construction of defence structures and volunteering with the production of steel products. As part of Rinat Akhmetov's Steel Front initiative, the Group has become the largest private donor to the army and has put steel into service for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.This story is about the transformation of Metinvest’s defence production during the war, the obstacles to its development and challenges that need to be overcome to form a powerful Ukrainian military-industrial complex.Stage 1. Personal armourThe production of steel products for the Armed Forces of Ukraine started at the beginning of the invasion in 2022. The Group quickly focused on the immediate needs of the army, starting with the production of plates for bulletproof vests, which at the time were the most in

Career

9/5/2024

Золота зірка Метінвесту -2024 Денис Кононюк віддав всю премію на потреби ЗСУ та постраждалих від російської ракети північан

Провідного інженера відділу головного енергетика Метінвест Січсталі Дениса Кононюка сильно вразила трагедія, яка сталася на Північному ГЗК 8 липня, коли у будівлю управління влучила російська ракета і 50 колег отримали поранення, а десятеро, на жаль, загинули. Спеціаліст не вагаючись вирішив передати частину премії, яку отримав разом із Золотою зіркою до професійного свята, постраждалим від ракетної атаки працівникам, а іншу – направив на потреби української армії.Натепер лікування після отриманих травм ще продовжують дев’ятеро співробітників Північного ГЗК та підрядних організацій, а також одна працівниця Метінвест Бізнес Сервісу. Це співробітники, які отримали найважчі поранення і які потребують кількамісячного лікування, неодноразових оперативних втручань та тривалого відновлення. Частина з них досі перебуває в стаціонарі, кілька продовжують своє відновлення амбулаторно.Постраждалим компанія надала матеріальну допомогу. Страхова компанія максимально покрила застрахованим лікування.

Career

9/4/2024

Olha Diachenko: "I was driven to master the profession of metal setter by a desire for self-fulfilment and a wish to contribute to Kametstal"

Thanks to the remarkable women working at Metinvest, the Ukrainian language is constantly evolving to include feminine forms of professional titles, many of which have never been heard of before. Olha Diachenko has been working as a metal setter at Kametstal's rolling mill for a few months. She is the first woman at the enterprise to master this complex and responsible profession, which has long been considered exclusively male.Olha has spent 27 years working at Kametstal, mostly in rolling production. She's an experienced rolling mill operator. After working in another department for some time, she longed to return to her favourite rolling mill. She had a discussion with the management of the rolling shop, and a new idea emerged - to try her hand at a new, traditionally male-dominated profession of a metal setter at the plant’s newest 400/200 mill. This job, especially at the plant's flagship rolling mill, is very demanding. The metal’s entire journey, from its arrival from the conve

Interview

9/4/2024

“Metinvest is the largest source of raw materials for green steel production in Europe” – interview with Yuriy Ryzhenkov, CEO of Metinvest Group for Bloomberg TV

Yuriy Ryzhenkov, CEO of Metinvest Group, gave an interview to Bloomberg Television, a global leader in business information and news. He spoke about the consequences of the recent Russian attacks on the Group, the impact of the war on production and sales markets, as well as shared market assessments and plans for the Group’s green transformation.– Over the last few days, Ukraine, especially its energy infrastructure, has been under significant attack. How has this affected your work?– Yes, the country’s infrastructure has been under attack since the late spring of this year, and we have been relying on electricity imports and our own generation to keep our assets operating. Unfortunately, the attack on Monday caused disruption to our operations. Most large industrial companies already have a plan B or plan C to deal with such attacks. For example, Metinvest has its own generation, which allows us to avoid any technological disasters in the event of a power outage. We can either idle