Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMZ), a part of DCH Steel of businessman Aleksandr Yaroslavsky’s DCH group, reduced rolled steel production by 56.9% year-on-year to 35.8 thousand tons in January-September this year.
According to information in the corporate newspaper DCH Steel on Thursday, in September, the company produced 1.98 thousand tons of rolled steel, in August, the plant did not produce rolled metal, but rolling shop No. 2 shipped to consumers 2.3 thousand tons of steel products produced earlier. In September 2023, the company produced 8.6 thousand tons of rolled metal products.
“In September, rolling shop No. 1 was put into operation, where the company produced mainly R-34 ore rails and R-43 rails. The company is currently in the process of launching the rolling mill at Rolling Shop No. 2, which is scheduled to start in November,” the company said.
At the same time, coke production in the first nine months of 2024 decreased by 0.4% to 218.1 thousand tons. In September, coke production decreased by 1.2% compared to the previous month to 24.1 thousand tons. In August 2023, the plant produced 20.9 thousand tons of metallurgical coke.
As reported, in 2023, DMZ increased its rolled metal output by 86.2% compared to 2022, up to 105.6 thousand tons, and coke 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.
