The coke-making division of the Kametstal plant of Metinvest Mining and Metallurgical Group (formerly Dneprovsky Coke Chemical Plant, DKHZ, Kamenskoye, Dnipropetrovsk Region) has resumed operations after being forced to stop due to power supply restrictions as a result of massive enemy shelling.
According to the company’s press release, coke oven batteries No.1 and No.5 resumed their work at the beginning of 2023 and started producing blast furnace coke.
It is noted that during the forced downtime the subdivision specialists systematically prepared the equipment for resumption of work. One of the important stages – preparation for putting into operation the equipment evacuated to “Kametstal” from Avdiivka Coke Plant (ACP), which is in cold storage because of combat operations.
At Metallurgical Plant the project was realized, directed to the delivery and preparation for work in coke-chemical division of the quenching car, earlier exploited at PJSC “AVDIIVKA COKE”. The equipment is intended for transportation of hot coke after its dispensing from coking chambers to the quenching section and then to the sorting section, where coke is distributed by fractions.
According to the report specialists of “Metinvest-Promservice”, who carried out dismantling and the following cleaning of quenching car, took part in project realization together with workers of Kametstal and Avdiivka coke-chemical plant. Acquired equipment makes it possible to create a reserve for the working car and provides for its repair to improve reliability and safety of operation.
“Resumption of coke production is a solid foundation for blast furnace production and efficient operation of the metallurgical plant as a whole. Kametstal’s coke specialists are working selflessly and professionally to bring the equipment up to the required technological parameters in January. We also successfully prepared for operation a coke quenching car from AKHZ,” said Deputy Director of Production for Coke and Chemical Division Roman Puris, who is quoted by the press service.
At the moment, among other things, production of ammonium sulfate is resumed in the subdivision, desulfurization shop, and in the near future the benzene department is going to start working. Thus, the whole technological chain of coke-chemical production at Kametstal will be up and running, the statement explains.
“Kametstal” was created on the basis of PJSC “Dneprovsky Coke Chemical Plant” (DCCP) and the CEC of PJSC “Dneprovsky Metallurgical Plant” (DMK).
According to the report of the parent company of Metinvest Group for 2020, Metinvest B.V. (Netherlands) owned 100% of DKHZ shares.
