In 2023, Zaporizhstal spent UAH 750 million to projects to maintain the stability and reliability of the company's main process facilities. This is half as much as in 2022, when the company invested UAH 500 million. Thus, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Zaporizhstal has invested more than UAH 1.2 billion to upgrade production equipment and treatment facilities that operate as an integrated complex.
Roman Slobodianiuk
"Statistics can best describe the impact of the full-scale invasion on Zaporizhstal's activities. The plant's production figures for 2021 – 4.4 million tonnes of hot metal, 3.7 million tonnes of steel and 3.2 million tonnes of rolled products – are comparable to the total production volumes for two years: 2022 and 2023, respectively. Despite partial capacity utilisation, blackouts and terror of the aggressor country, we continue to implement our investment programme to maintain equipment reliability, operate steadily and strengthen the national economy on the way to the Victory," Roman SLOBODIANIUK, General Director of Zaporizhstal, said.
During the full-scale invasion, the programme focused on maintaining and updating equipment to ensure its stable and reliable operation in unforeseen conditions. Key projects to upgrade equipment were implemented in the sinter and blast furnace processes of the enterprise. This includes the repair of sinter machines at the sinter plant, as well as maintenance and full support of gas cleaning systems by professional services to ensure the design performance of waste gas treatment: for dust to 30 mg/m3, and for sulphur dioxide – below 400 mg/m3.
Blast Furnace No. 3 was overhauled in the Blast Furnace Shop. The production resources and design characteristics of the unit were restored, and the efficiency of production and environmental equipment was improved. Hot blast stove units No. 9 and No. 12, which operate with the plant's blast furnaces, were overhauled.
The specialists of Zaporizhstal performed a comprehensive repair of the Hot Rolling Shop equipment: in addition to rolling mills, the equipment of dogging cranes and continuous furnaces was revamped. The mechanical, power and electrical equipment of the main rolling mills at the production site was renewed.
A number of projects have also been implemented to ensure sustainable operation and increase the production resource of power equipment and infrastructure facilities, improve the safety of the production process for personnel, digitalise the workplace, etc.
In 2024, Zaporizhstal plans to implement a capital investment programme totalling about UAH 1 billion. The programme is aimed at maintaining and upgrading equipment, implementing functional programmes for occupational health and safety, information technology, social security, etc.
