Ruslan Sutkovyi, a Zaporizhstal employee, returned from the war to the plant and decided to pursue higher education, which he had not completed 13 years ago, alongside his work. He spoke with Liga.net about his service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as adapting to civilian life and work.On the first day of the full-scale invasion, Ruslan Sutkovyi from Zaporizhzhia decided to defend his country. Previously, he had worked at Zaporizhstal for 13 years. After leaving the service for personal reasons, he returned to his job as an operator of continuous pickling line No. 4. Currently, he plans to obtain higher education, majoring in metallurgy, at Metinvest Polytechnic.More than 1,000 people were mobilised from Zaporizhstal and 206 have returned to work. In total, Metinvest Group employs 870 veterans at its various enterprises, of whom 32 have been retrained and acquired new professional qualifications.A metallurgist became a volunteerRuslan’s entire working life has been tied to Z

With the support of Metinvest, the lyceum in Novyi Starodub village of Petrivka community underwent major repairs. Now the institution will be able to accommodate about one and a half hundred internally displaced persons if necessary. The work was carried out under a memorandum of cooperation between Metinvest's Central GOK, NGO "Kryvyi Rih Foundation for the Future" and Petrivka Village Council.Since the beginning of the war, the Petrivka community has become a second home for more than 2,000 Ukrainians from the frontline regions. Residents of Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk and Kharkiv regions moved here with their families to get away from the shelling. Settlements such as the village of Novyi Starodub have become a refuge for them and provided them with a feeling of safety. One of the main issues that Petrivka residents have to deal with is providing the IDPs with comfortable housing. The community turned to Metinvest for help, whose enterprises are involved in supporting the cities whe

Repair work on Basic Oxygen Furnace #1 is underway in the Basic Oxygen Furnace Shop. The main task is the complete replacement of the refractory lining and the restoration of key mechanical units, repair interventions which are impossible during the operation of the unit. Андрій Карзін In terms of the scope of work and the scale of tasks, such repair are equated to a major overhaul. First of all, more than 800 tons of refractories, the service life of which has expired, will be replaced. Due to the responsible attitude of the technological personnel to the main equipment, the resistance of the refractory lining in the overhaul period reached the standard level of 4,000 heats and even exceeded this indicator. Work is also underway to restore the steel structures of the converter lining. Among the key tasks is the repair of steel structures of the vertical path of bulk materials, the stable operation of which determines the quality of the supply of heat components to the basic oxygen fu

Половину життя знаний виробничник присвятив опануванню професії на металургійному гіганті.Багато років ветерани Запоріжсталі писали історію комбінату, вона надійно та міцно спліталася з їх власною історією життя. Здається, вони встигали все: працювали, навчалися самі та навчали інших, передавали із покоління в покоління традиції любові до вогняної професії, жили і працювали «на одній хвилі». Сьогодні вони – на заслуженому відпочинку, однак і досі зберігають міцний зв’язок з рідним комбінатом, де їх цінують і пам’ятають досі. Нещодавно з 85-річним ювілеєм ветерана Запоріжсталі Віктора Андрійовича Чирву привітали представники підприємства. – Наші люди назавжди вписані в літопис комбінату, бо вони власною працею будували майбутнє Запоріжсталі. Так, як робимо ми сьогодні. Бажаємо Почесному металургу міцного здоров'я, козацької наснаги, мирного неба і жаги до життя, – привітав ветерана директор з виробництва Андрій КРИВЦОВ.Віктор Андрійович присвятив роботі на комбінаті 44 роки свого життя.

How does the largest employer in Ukraine’s steel industry keep its teams energised? Oleksandr Myronenko, chief operating officer of Metinvest Group, talks about this in a Forbes article titled “Antidote to Burnout. How two years of war have affected tens of thousands of employees of industry and IT sector leaders. Cases and advice from Metinvest and EPAM top executives.” Below is an adapted and shortened version of the original article that reflects Metinvest’s position. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Metinvest, Ukraine’s largest private group, has lost two-thirds of its estimated value. Two plants – Azovstal and Ilyich Steel – have been occupied. The team of nearly 60,000 employees is working with full dedication despite constant shelling and power outages. Olena Bondar, CEO of Wellbeing Company, believes that no one in Ukraine is spared from exhaustion. She asked Myronenko how the Group maintains morale. Spoiler: The key challenge for post-industrial businesses in Ukrai

Metinvest's enterprises in Zaporizhzhia continue to help the military as part of Rinat Akhmetov's Steel Front defence initiative by repairing heavy equipment and vehicles.Thus, Zaporizhstal's employee at the overhaul and repair depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have restored several large vehicles – one MAZ and two KamAZ trucks - and have already handed them over to our defenders."We have done a fairly large amount of work, involving many people. We repaired the sides, chassis, and trailer. Now there is a problem with spare parts, it is difficult to find them for these vehicles. However, we are trying to find ways to solve these problems. We are doing everything to help Ukrainian soldiers," said Mykhailo OVECHKO, Acting Head of Road Transport Department on Operation and Maintenance at Zaporizhstal.The military say that such large vehicles are indispensable at the frontline. They are used to perform a variety of tasks, so such assistance is very important for them."In general, we do

Metinvest Group has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in Social and Economic Development with the Kamianske City Council. The company will spend UAH 50 million to support the city.As part of the agreement, the community will receive UAH 50 million from Metinvest in 2024-2025 to implement socially significant projects in the city. In particular, the funds will be used to co-finance the reconstruction of three hospitals: No. 9, the ambulance service, and the primary healthcare centre No. 3. In addition, the latter two hospitals will undergo major overhauls to their civil defence facilities with Metinvest's support, and a new bomb shelter will be built in Lyceum No. 22 to meet modern standards."Today, our top priorities are to support the army and help our employees. Metinvest pays great attention to the development of the cities where its enterprises are located. Kamianske is a strong town of strong people, and our mission is to help the city council and the citizens become even strong

At the Pryamyy Channel studio, Alexandr Myronenko, the Chief Operations Officer of Metinvest Group, told about the work of Rinat Akhmetov's Steel Front, the safety of soldiers at the front line, the construction of fortifications, cooperation with the military and plans to launch new products for frontline use."The construction of fortifications is currently being actively discussed in society. How did it all start for Rinat Akhmetov's Steel Front? When did you join this process?We at Metinvest joined the process at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. We were tasked by the military to fortify the cities where our businesses are located. Therefore, we began constructing fortifications around these areas. We supplied resources, machinery and manpower to block roads, make anti-tank ditches and prevent the occupiers from advancing.On a much larger scale in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia directions, we got involved in late autumn last year. Since then, we have been involved 24/7 in the

During the second year of the full-scale war, investment projects were implemented at the Northern, Central and Ingulets Iron Ore Enrichment Works aimed at ensuring the stability of production processes and overhauling machinery and equipment.In 2023, Metinvest's Kryvyi Rih mining enterprises invested in projects to increase productivity, product quality, ensure the smooth operation of key equipment, and reduce the cost of producing iron ore. Among the main projects implemented last year at Northern Iron Ore Enrichment Works was the modernization of sections and the installation of a new economical engine on the 2TE10M diesel locomotive, which was involved in the transportation of ore from the Pervomaisk quarry to the first crushing plant. It was also the installation of roller screens of green pellets on the LURGI-552A induration machine to maintain a competitive position in the European market of iron ore raw materials. To ensure compliance with the moisture content in concentrate,

At the enterprises of Metinvest Group of Kryvyi Rih city, employees are systematically trained to provide the first aid. With the beginning of the war, specialists also learn skills in tactical medicine. It was such knowledge of colleagues that helped to save the life of an electric and gas welder who fell ill while performing work at the Ingulets plant.The ability to act correctly in an unpredictable situation is not an empty word for workers of Ingulets plant - Ihor Tolkachov, head of the section of the ore beneficiation factory No. 1, and Roman Sai, head of the emergency and rescue service of the plant. Thanks to their quick and coordinated actions, a man's life was saved.One of the electric and gas welders of the contracting organization, having passed a pre-shift medical examination and having no contraindications due to his health state, started work. However, at the end of the work shift, he suddenly lost consciousness in the workshop. Ihor Tolkachov, the head of the first sect