OREANDA-NEWS. Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Metinvest Group has put into operation the blast furnace № 1 after the 3rd class capital overhaul. The budget of this planned renovation makes up 5, 6 million UAH

One of the main aims of the overhaul was the replacement of the charging equipment that had been in operation since 2011. This unit is used for burden material charging into pig-iron melting unit and besides it prevents the gas to come out of the blast furnace into atmosphere.

Among the performed works on the first blast-furnace overhaul are: the replacement of the rotating hopper mechanism, the repair of the casting yard equipment (including gutters, ground safety fences, electric guns for the taphole plugging), the repair and the replacement of the burden input equipment and skip hoist.

“The repairing campaign has big plans. This year we are planning a range of serious projects on the renovation and modernization of the equipment in main structural departments of the Works: sinter, blast-furnace, steelmaking and rolling shops. Being socially responsible Metinest Company systematically carries out its obligations, developing the production capacities of its enterprises, improving the working conditions and the quality of the citizens' life in the towns of its existence. The investments in the development of our Works is continuing even in such difficult for the industry times,” notes Yuriy Zinchenko, General Director of the PJSC “Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol”.