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Coke Chemical Division of Yaroslavsky's Dniprovsky Metallurgical Plant operates with two coke oven batteries, two mothballed
KYIV. Jan 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Coke Chemical Division of PJSC Dniprovsky Metallurgical Plant (formerly Dniprokoks), which is part of the DCH Steel group of DCH belonged to businessman Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, is currently operating two coke oven batteries one and four with a minimum load.
According to information in the corporate newspaper DCH Steel, two coke batteries two and five are hot mothballed.
"Currently, coke oven chemists are doing everything possible to preserve the furnace stock and equipment. Coke oven batteries one and four are working. It is not possible to start batteries two and five due to lack of energy, now they are hot mothballed," Oleksiy Horbulia, Director of the Coke Chemical Division, was quoted by the publication.
According to him, coke is produced in the smallest possible volumes. Coal for it is supplied mainly by domestic mines. In turn, coke is shipped to ferroalloy enterprises, of which only the Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NFP) is currently operating. NFP has reduced production.
At the same time, the director said that under the conditions of a shortage of electricity, the enterprise has been operating since October last year, but the period after the blackout due to shelling on December 16 was especially difficult – then the Coke Chemical Division halted until December 25.
Horbulia added that a number of major repairs were carried out in 2022, and major repairs of equipment are also planned for 2023.
DMZ specializes in the production of steel, cast iron, rolled products and products from them. On March 1, 2018, the DCH Group signed an agreement on the purchase of the Dniprovsky Metallurgical Plant from Evraz.
