Metinvest Group, together with Rinat Akhmetov’s charitable initiative Heart of Azovstal, will continue to support the defenders of Mariupol until the last of them returns home from captivity. Metinvest’s Chief Operating Officer, Oleksandr Myronenko, made this pledge at the Heart of Azovstal: Growing Together conference in Kyiv on 18 February. The conference marked the project’s third anniversary and set out its plans for 2026. Over the past three years, Heart of Azovstal – part of Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front military initiative – has supported more than 8,000 Mariupol defenders. They have received over 28,000 instances of assistance. Among other services, this includes physical and psychological rehabilitation, prosthetics, dedicated apartments for defenders with Group I and II disabilities, and support with education and employment. In late 2025, Rinat Akhmetov decided to extend the project for another year and allocated nearly UAH600 million in additional funding. This increased th

Ukraine, particularly Zaporizhzhia, is subjected to enemy attacks on energy infrastructure every day. Everyone feels the consequences: hourly schedules and emergency shutdowns, interruptions in water and heat supply. For industry, such shocks have additional risks - sudden blackouts directly affect production processes, equipment reliability and personnel safety.Zaporizhstal has repeatedly stopped production due to sudden blackouts after attacks on Ukraine's energy system. In January alone, there were three such blackouts.It is impossible to predict the moment of disconnection, but it is the task of the team to react correctly and promptly take actions appropriate to the situation - coordinated and moderate. The plant has developed regulations for actions in the event of a power outage from the external network. The documents determine the order of interaction between departments and the sequence of operations depending on the development of events. The algorithms are systematically u

Zaporizhstal has commenced shipments of rolled products to Metinvest Tubular Iași (Romania), which became part of the Group at the end of 2025. Since the beginning of 2026, the Zaporizhzhia-based steel plant dispatched more than 22,000 tonnes of hot-rolled products in structural steel grades certified in accordance with the European standard EN 10025. For 2026, the plan is to deliver up to 180,000 tonnes of hot-rolled feedstock from Zaporizhstal to Metinvest’s new pipe asset in Romania. Taras SHEVCHENKO, acting chief executive officer of Zaporizhstal and Hero of Ukraine, said: “Zaporizhstal’s rolled products are in strong demand among both European and Ukrainian pipe producers: each year, up to 80% of our steel output is supplied for the manufacture of longitudinally welded pipes and hollow sections. We are pleased to welcome our Romanian pipe producers to Metinvest Group and establish a new format of cooperation aimed at strengthening economic partnership between Ukraine and Europe.”

The plant operates a number of units for processing rolled products – both in the cold-rolling shop and in the hot-rolling shop. They provide cutting, edge processing, and preparation of steel products to meet the needs of both domestic and external consumers. One of these units – Slitting Unit-4 in the hot‑rolling shop – has recently undergone modernisation. Slitting Unit‑4 is designed for cutting hot‑rolled coils into strips. Before the modernisation, the structural limitations of the coiling unit did not allow the processing of coils weighing more than 8 tonnes without their preliminary splitting. At the same time, the plant’s main customers – both export and domestic – order coils weighing more than 10 tonnes, with products of double weight accounting for around 95%. Vitalii BOIKO, Head of Capital Construction and Investment Department: "Slitting Unit‑4 had a technological limitation – the unit did not allow for the high‑quality processing of double‑weight coils, which today are t

Oleksandr Striutskyi is a 30-year-old war veteran. Today, he is a senior foreman of the ore crushing area of the crushing plant No. 1 at Northern Iron Ore. People here have known him since 2019, when he joined the plant after completing his studies to work as a crusher operator.Oleksandr's story is a story about a person who returns to normal life after the war, about strength and stubbornness and the ability to live on.Taking on a new roleWhen the big war came to Ukraine, Oleksandr joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: His service began in April 2022. For a year and a half, the man served as a rifleman in the infantry, fought in the Donetsk and Kharkiv directions, and witnessed terrible military everyday life. As Oleksandr recalls, this experience does not pass without a trace, neither physically nor psychologically.In September 2023, Oleksandr Striutskyi was demobilised on health grounds after undergoing spinal surgery and having a titanium system implanted.After a length

17 лютого 2026 року Рінат Ахметов оголосив про передачу 10 млн грн (близько 200 тисяч євро) олімпійцю Владу Гераскевичу і його тренерському штабу. Ці кошти дорівнюють золотим олімпійським призовим, які він і його команда отримали б за перемогу.Ці кошти – підтримка українського скелетоніста у його боротьбі за право на памʼять і захист інтересів України на міжнародній арені. Напередодні відповідної домовленості було досягнуто під час зустрічі представників Фонду Ріната Ахметова з українським олімпійцем. Кошти буде перераховано на рахунок БО «Благодійний фонд Гераскевича».– Влада Гераскевича позбавили можливості боротися за перемогу на Олімпійських іграх, проте до України він повертається справжнім переможцем. Повага та гордість, які він заслужив своїм вчинком серед українців, – це найвища нагорода. Водночас я хочу, щоб у нього було достатньо енергії та ресурсів для продовження спортивної кар’єри, а також боротьби за правду, свободу та збереження пам’яті про тих, хто віддав своє життя за

Zaporizhstal continues to finance support programmes for employees whose homes have been damaged due to hostilities. Amid the war, Zaporizhzhia's housing stock has sustained severe damage. According to the local authorities, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, over 1,300 apartment buildings and more than 2,600 private houses have been damaged or destroyed. The extent of destruction varies ‒ from shattered windows and damaged roofs to homes completely destroyed, which underlines the relevance and social importance of programmes aimed at housing recovery. On the initiative of Metinvest Group, a support programme for employees whose homes have been damaged by hostile shelling has been operating in Zaporizhzhia since the beginning of the full-scale war. "Home is more than walls and a roof: it is a place of power, recovery, and internal support. Therefore, supporting our employees whose homes were affected by shelling is not just financial assistance, but a way to help people r

The major overhaul of LURGI 552 A induration machine has been completed at Northern Iron Ore. A total of UAH 14 mln was allocated for the implementation of the planned scope of work.Despite the war and ongoing economic challenges, Metinvest's Integrated Iron Ore continues to modernise its equipment and maintain production capacities at its Kryvyi Rih facilities. In early January, the specialists from Pelletising Shop No. 2 at Northern Iron Ore began the scheduled upgrade of LURGI 552 induration machine, and by the end of the month the equipment had already been returned to operation.Maintenance specialists repaired the mechanical equipment at the pelletising, induration and screening sections, and replaced the conveyor belts. A full inspection of the conveyor systems across the machine’s entire process line was also carried out. The steel structures of the induration machine’s furnace were overhauled, including the replacement of the water‑cooled elements.A partial replacement of dama

We are not wasting a single minute on our way to the victory. Over the past week, Metinvest Group's enterprises have been working hard to support the Ukrainian military, help civilians and ensure the country's economic stability.Read more about the events of the past week in Metinvest's traditional digest.1Metinvest begins construction of a flotation facility at Northern Iron Ore2Metinvest supported the shelter construction project in the Petrivka community's kindergarten3Metinvest's Integrated Iron Ore paid UAH 5.2 billion in Taxes and Fees in 20254Rolling mill resumes operations at Kamet-Steel after forced downtime5Art therapy for recovery and support held at Zaporizhzhia's Oplich HUB6Schneider Electric training module opened at Kamet-Steel's educational centre7Major overhaul of coke gas saturator completed at Kamet-Steel

Читайте гірничо-металургійний гороскоп до Дня святого Валентина, щоб дізнатися, кому зірки гартують пристрасний роман, кому – надійне партнерство, а кому варто додати легуючих елементів до свого кохання.ВодолійЦього лютого ваші стосунки – це суцільний експеримент, де замість стандартного «люблю» краще спрацює авторський рецепт романтичного сплаву. Не бійтеся додавати в сірі будні сюрпризи: несподівана валентинка, підкинута в кишеню спецодягу, точно розігріє атмосферу навколо. Якщо серце вимагає переозброєння, 14 лютого – ідеальна дата, щоб злити весь шлак минулих сварок і почати нову плавку.РибиУ лютому ваша інтуїція працює як ультразвуковий дефектоскоп: ви бачите будь-які тріщини у стосунках ще до того, як вони стануть критичними. День закоханих стане моментом, коли варто виплисти з глибоководних роздумів на поверхню та просто насолодитися штилем у парі. Виплавляйте свою любов так, ніби будуєте Ейфелеву вежу – крок за кроком, надійно та з блиском у кожному заклепуванні.ОвенВаша внутр