In the first 9 months of 2025, Zaporizhstal, Zaporizhzhia Refractories, Zaporizhzhia Coke, and Zaporizhzhia Casting and Mechanical Works paid over UAH 2.9 billion in taxes and fees to budgets at all levels, which is 38% more than in the same period last year.
The single social security tax and personal income tax accounted for the biggest portion of these payments. As a reminder, in April 2025, Metinvest raised salaries at its production facilities and service companies, including those in Zaporizhzhia, by up to 20%. Contribution through environmental tax payments, land fees, and the military levy are also significant.
"Metinvest Group's companies consistently rank among the largest taxpayers in Zaporizhzhia. In just nine months of this year, our steelmakers contributed over UAH 880 million to the local budget, which is 25% more than last year. Taxes are the lifeblood of the community, the backbone of its existence. Despite the challenges of wartime, our businesses continue to be a reliable pillar for Zaporizhzhia," says Taras Shevchenko, Acting General Director of Zaporizhstal and Hero of Ukraine.
Aside from financial contributions, Metinvest’s companies in the Zaporizhzhia region systematically implement important social initiatives: supporting the development and implementation of veteran policies, carrying out community support projects, participating in restoring damaged infrastructure, and helping eliminate the consequences of enemy shelling, among others.
In the first 9 months of 2025, Metinvest Group, its joint ventures and associates, paid UAH 13.8 billion in taxes and fees to budgets at all levels in Ukraine. As a reminder, the Group was included in the top ten of Delo.ua’s ranking of the 100 largest private taxpayers and emerged as the leading taxpayer in the steel industry in 2024. NV Magazine also recognised Metinvest as the steel industry’s largest taxpayer.
Since the start of the full-scale war, Metinvest has allocated UAH 9.72 billion to support Ukraine and its citizens, including UAH 5.2 billion in assistance to the defence forces through Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front defence initiative. Metinvest Group remains the country's reliable pillar in the fight against the enemy.