Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMZ), a part of DCH Steel of businessman Aleksandr Yaroslavsky’s DCH Group, cut rolled steel production by 51.8% year-on-year to 33.8 thousand tons in January-July this year.
According to information in the corporate newspaper DCH Steel on Thursday, in July, the company did not produce rolled metal, but rolling shops shipped to customers more than 1.5 thousand tons of rolled products produced in previous periods. In July 2023, the company produced 13.3 thousand tons of rolled metal products.
At the same time, coke production in the first seven months of 2024 decreased by 1.6% to 169.6 thousand tons. In July 2024, coke production increased by 7.2% month-on-month to 26.1 thousand tons. In July 2023, the company produced 30.4 thousand tons of coke.
“Rolling shop No. 1 is currently being prepared for launch, where R-34 and R-43 rails will be produced during the production campaign,” the company said in a statement.
As reported, in 2023, DMZ increased its rolled metal output by 86.2% compared to 2022, up to 105.6 thousand tons, and coke output by 38.5%, up to 292.7 thousand tons.
In 2022, the plant reduced rolled steel production by 74.2% compared to 2021, to 58.4 thousand tons, and coke production by 56.3%, to 211.3 thousand tons.
DMZ specializes in the production of steel, pig iron, rolled products and products made from them.
On March 1, 2018, DCH Group signed an agreement to buy Dnipro Metallurgical Plant from Evraz.
