Sustainable development of Metinvest’s enterprises depends to a large extent on investments strategy we pursue and innovations we introduce.
Keeping the best traditions of steelmaking craft and professionalism, enriching them with up-to-date knowledge and technologies, we realize that investments into development and implementation of the most efficient world-class technologies in production and management are the main prerequisites for us to remain competitive and enhance shareholders’ value.
The projects presented below are the most significant the Group runs or has ever run. All the project differ by CAPEX, payback period and parameters. But all of them are united under a common objective – help the Company to advance and develop sustainably raising its efficiency and competitiveness.
COAL MINING – COKE PRODUCTION
Completed projects
Ongoing and future projects
Construction of coke crushing unit — Avdeyevka coke and chemicals plant
Cokequality improvement.
- Introduction of ACS systems in coal dressing process — Avdeyevka coke and chemicals plant
This willhelp to maintain the desired clean coal ash level to produce high quality coke.
Reconstruction of the first stage of benzene compartment — Avdeyevka coke and chemicals plant
Increase in benzene yield. Reduction in air polluting emissions.
ORE MINING — IRON ORE RAW MATERIALS PRODUCTION
Completed projects
Ongoing and future projectss
Introduction of the 5th stage of magnetic separation — Severniy GOK
Iron ore concentrate quality improvement (increase in Fe content up to 65.8%).
Reconstruction of ore processing plant — Severniy GOK
Increase in iron ore concentrate production by 750 thousand tonnes per year.
Modernisation of calcining units — Severniy GOK
Increase in pellets production by 2.1 mmtpy.
- Introduction of magnetic flotation separation at mining-processing plants of Metinvest
Ability to produce iron ore concentrate with Fe content exceeding 68% — production of iron ore raw materials of world-class quality.
STEEL AND ROLLED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING
Completed projects
Construction of Air separating unit — Yenakievo Steel
Increase in BOF steel production. Reduction in costs, steel products quality improvement.
Blast furnace #2 reconstruction — Azovstal Iron and Steel Works
Increase in pig iron production by 1.1 mmt per year.
Blast furnace #5 reconstruction -Yenakievo Steel
Increase in pig iron production by 1.1 mmtpy.
Construction of a new producing line for LD SAW pipes manufacture — Khartsyzsk pipe plant
Product mix expansion by manufacturing of single seam pipes, increase in production volumes by 35% - up to 700 thousand tonnes per year.
Construction of Air separating unit — Azovstal Iron and Steel Works
Increase in BOF steel production by 1.5 mmt per year. Reduction in costs, steel products quality improvement.
Ongoing projects
- Construction of the complex of secondary metallurgy in BOF plant — Azovstal Iron and Steel Works
Construction of two ladle furnaces and vacuum degasser unit will help to produce steel with carbon content– 0.03-0.06 %, sulphur – less than 0.003 %, silicon – less than 0.02 %, hydrogen – 1.5-3,0 ppm, nitrogen – less than 0.005 %. This will also improve the quality of conticast slabs and flat rolled products and help to start producing slabs of IF-steels.
Future projects
Construction of two new universal conticasters — Yenakievo Steel
Reaching 100% share of concast billet. Quality improvement and increase in BOF steel production volumes.
Construction of a new universal structural mill — Yenakievo Steel
High value added product mix expansion.
