ArcelorMittal Beryslav (Beryslav, Kherson region), one of ArcelorMittal’s Ukrainian subsidiaries, is increasing its shipment of limestone for ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih’s steelmaking operations.
According to the company’s press release, the production process was resumed this May after it was forced to stop.
It is specified that the enterprise is located in the village of Arkhangelskoye in Kherson region. It was forced to stop work completely in February 2022 because of the enemy offensive. Since that time, this territory was occupied, but on October 3, soldiers of the 129th Krivoy Rog brigade of territorial defense of the AFU liberated the settlements of Mirolyubovka and Arkhangelskoye.
“The real feat of the military allowed us to return to active work in the spring of 2023. Since March we began to ship the accumulated limestone from our warehouses. This raw material is used by ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih sinter plant for sinter production. Until the end of April the difficult demining of our territory continued, and from May 1 we were able to begin extraction of limestone in the quarry,” – said ArcelorMittal Berislav General Director Leonid Smolyarenko, quoted by the press service, and stressed that the company managed to keep its staff.
In turn, deputy director general of AMKR for production (mining department) Vladimir Tesliuk noted the importance of getting the limestone mining company back to work, because the production processes in the company are interrelated. “Now we are trying to do everything to strengthen the enterprise in Arkhangelsk,” he said.
Since March 2023 “ArcelorMittal Berislav” shipped for Krivoy Rog mining company almost 47 thousand tons of limestone (including stockpiles), production was almost 20 thousand tons. Pre-war limestone shipment volume exceeded 500 thousand tons per year. The projected shipment figure for 2023 is about 200 thousand tons of limestone for the production needs of AMKR.
Tesluk also added that part of the village was in ruins after de-occupation, so AMKR helps to restore its infrastructure.
ArcelorMittal Beryslav” PJSC (earlier – “Beryslav construction materials plant” JSC, established in 1994 by the transformation of the state enterprise of the same name) is mainly engaged in the limestone mining, provides up to 30% of the needs of “ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih” integrated iron and steel works in this raw material.
ArcelorMittal acquired Beryslavskiy plant of construction materials in July 2010.
ArcelorMittal owns the largest mining and metallurgical plant ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog in Ukraine and also a number of smaller companies, in particular PJSC ArcelorMittal Beryslav.
“ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih is the largest producer of rolled steel in Ukraine, specializing in the production of long products, in particular rebar and wire rod.
