Dniprovskyi Steel (DMZ, formerly Evraz-DMZ), which belongs to Oleksandr Iaroslavskyi’s DCH Steel group, produced 29.4 thousand tons of finished steel in January-March this year, while in the first quarter of last year DMZ did not produce steel products due to the lack of coal raw materials and military operations.
According to the company press-release, coke output in January-March 2023 decreased by 20.4% YoY, to 45.8 thnd. tons.
In March, DMZ produced 10.6 thousand tons of steel and 16 thousand tons of coke (+16.1% versus March 2022).
At the same time, it is specified that DMZ blast furnace and converter shops have been idle since January 2022. The plant resumed rolled steel production in April last year, both rolling shops are working on tolling billets.
In 2022 and in the first quarter of 2023 DMZ rolling shops produced a wide range of channels, mine rails SVP-22, SVP-27 and SVP-33, mine rails R34 and R43, crane rails of different sizes.
In 2022 the coke-chemical division of the company switched exclusively to domestic coal feedstock and produces goods mainly for Ukrainian ferroalloy plants. In addition, in March 2023 the coke-chemical division resumed metallurgical coke production.
In 2022, DMZ cut its output of rolled steel by 168.4% to 58.4 thnd mt, and coke by 56.3% to 211.3 thnd mt, compared to 2021.
As previously reported, DMZ blast furnace operations are currently idle due to a shortage of raw materials and blocked ports. Moreover, the rolling mills are operating on give-and-take raw materials.
DMZ specializes in the production of steel, pig iron, rolled products and their products. On March 1, 2018, DCH Group signed an agreement to buy Dneprovskyy Metallurgical Plant from Evraz.
