Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works in January-August 2022 reduced the production of rolled products by 56.3% compared to the same period last year - to 981.6 thousand tons.
According to information published by the press service of the enterprise on Friday, steel production over this period decreased by 58.3% - to 1 million 106.1 thousand tons, pig iron - by 51.7%, to 1 million 418.2 thousand . tons.
In August this year, the steel plant produced 145.6 thousand tons of pig iron (36.4% compared to August 2021), 94.4 thousand tons of steel (27.8%), 74.7 thousand tons of rolled metal (26 .6%.
“The decline in production compared to the same period last year is due to a shortage of raw materials and logistical problems caused by full-scale military operations on the territory of Ukraine,” the press release explains.
At the same time, it is recalled that in connection with the aggravation of hostilities in the region since the beginning of March, the Metinvest group of Rinat Akhmetov and Vadim Novinsky transferred part of the equipment of the metallurgical plant in Zaporozhye to hot conservation mode.
At the end of March, Zaporizhstal partially resumed the work of the cold-rolled shop for the production and shipment of cold-rolled coils to the European consumer. A month after the forced shutdown, the plant took the equipment out of conservation and partially resumed production.
Since April 2022, the plant has been operating at an average of 50% of its capacity.
As reported, in 2021 Zaporizhstal maintained the production of rolled products at the level of 2020 - 3.204 million tons, reduced steel production by 0.1% - to 3 million 778.25 thousand tons and increased pig iron - by 0.1 %, up to 4 million 473.5 thousand tons.
