"ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih" instead of Russian components began to use Ukrainian and foreign analogues at overhaul their locomotives. As they say on the enterprise, this steel mill way, leveled the Russian sanctions on the ban on import to Ukraine of spare parts and engines for locomotives.
After the events of the 2014-2015 military-technical cooperation between the two countries was frozen. Under the carpet was the production of dual-purpose (can be used in civilian products and military), including diesel engines for locomotives.
Ukrainian mining-metallurgical companies with an impressive fleet of locomotives, faced with a shortage of production and repair capacity in the domestic market, as most such enterprises are located in Russia.
At the "ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog" one of the biggest parks in the industry – 172 of the locomotive (126 – for maintenance of metallurgical production and a 46 – mining). So a few years ago, the company has adopted its own program of import substitution.
One of the main partners of the Kryvyi Rih metallurgical became Nikolaev Teplovozoremontny plant (NTRZ), which has established productive cooperation with Ukrainian and foreign manufacturers of various equipment for railway equipment. Thanks to the joint developments on NTRZ began to put on locomotives, diesel engines of world famous companies – American Cummins, Anglo Belgian Corporation ABC etc.
in addition, experts NTRZ began to be installed on locomotives the latest engine control system Heinzmann (Germany), rotary vane compressor of joint production with the Italian company Mattei, modern traction units alternating current ("GP Electrotyazhmash"), a microprocessor control system of locomotive and other equipment.
Joint efforts have borne fruit. Thanks to the "import substitution" in 2018-2019, "ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih" got the chance to recover the 11 locomotives, including the replacement of engines and deep modernization. In addition, the company on the basis of its two locomotive depot was able to overhaul another 16 cars. Only their two-year program for the rehabilitation of 27 locomotives "ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog" sent about 320 million.
