In June of 2015, the increase of production figures at PJSC “Zaporizhstal” was noted: iron production volume increased by 25,3%, steel production — by 9 %, and rolled stock production — by 8,9% in comparison with the same period of 2014.
337,1 thousand tonnes of iron, 350,7 thousand tonnes of steel and 297,0 tonnes of rolled stock were produced in June of 2015.
| Index description | Unit of measurement |
June of 2014 |
June of 2015 |
June of 2015 to June of 2014, thousand tonnes |
June of 2015 to June of 2014% |
| Iron production volume | thousand tons | 269,0 | 337,1 | 68,1 | 125,3 |
| Steel production volume | thousand tons | 321,8 | 350,7 | 28,9 | 109,0 |
| Rolled stock production volume | thousand tons | 272,7 | 297,0 | 24,4 | 108,9 |
1797,6 thousand tonnes of iron, 1945,3 thousand tonnes of steel, 1677,4 thousand tonnes of rolled stock were produced January through June of 2015.
| Index description | Unit of measurmement |
January-June of 2014 |
January-June of 2015 |
January-June of 2015 to January-June of 2014, thousand tonnes |
January-June of 2015 to January-June of 2014, % |
| Iron production volume | thousand tons | 1642,4 | 1797,6 | 155,2 | 109,4 |
| Steel production volume | thousand tons | 1941,2 | 1945,3 | 4,1 | 100,2 |
| Rolled stock production volume | thousand tons | 1682,1 | 1677,4 | – -4,7 | 99,7 |
The increase in production in June 2015 (compared to the same period of 2014) due to the introduction into oper-ation after a large-scale modernization of the blast furnace (blast furnace №4) with the installation of aspiration systems Stock house assembling the cast house and trestle. Total investment in the project amounted to about 600 million USD.
Recall that the blast furnace №4 is equipped with modern high-efficiency dust and gas cleaning plant, provides dust concentration at the outlet 20 mg/m3, which corresponds to the strictest international standards. Aspiration systems work on the blast furnace №4 reduces emissions at 25% of dust emissions plant. The reconstruction project of the blast furnace 4 is part of a tripartite agreement signed between JSC “Zaporizhstal”, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine and Zaporizhzhya Regional Council.