The Dnipro Metallurgical Plant of the DCH group of businessman Alexander Yaroslavsky has suspended steel production during martial law, Ivan Maly, director of the plant for personnel and social issues, said in an interview with a corporate newspaper.
He also said that DMZ's by-product coking division continues to produce products, as does the Dry Balka mine, also part of the DCH group, which continues to operate as usual. At these two sites, the company adapted to wartime conditions, in particular curfews. There are two working shifts - day and night.
“We are trying to involve all representatives of working specialties in the production process, since the stable operation of the enterprise is very necessary for the country in these difficult times. The metallurgical production of the DMZ is temporarily not working, most of the workers are partially paid for idle time ... People who continue to work at the coke production, as well as those involved in various tasks at the metallurgical site, receive a regular salary in accordance with the tariffs,” said Maly.
DMZ specializes in the production of steel, cast iron, rolled products and products from them. On March 1, 2018, DCH Group signed an agreement on the purchase of the Dnipro Metallurgical Plant from Evraz. The Sukha Balka mine is one of the leading enterprises in the mining industry in Ukraine. Extracts iron ore underground. The structure of the mine includes mines "Yubileinaya" and them. Frunze. In May 2017, the DCH group acquired the mine from the Evraz group of the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.
