Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works
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Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works
Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC) “Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works” (ticker EMZ) is an integrated steelmaking enterprise comprising OJSC “Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works” and JV “Metalen” LLC. Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works (Yenakiieve Steel) is a major employer of Yenakiieve
town (Donetsk Region
) with the population of 140 thousand people. The Works is located in the vicinity of the railway station “Yenakiieve” and in 60 km from Donetsk
.
November 1897 - the first blast furnace was blown and first cast iron produced. This date is considered to be the date when Petrovskiy (Yenakiievskiy) steel works was established. Another blast furnace, Bessemer and rail rolling shops were introduced in December.
1898 - a year after the steel works was established the place of its location and the nearest mining plants and settlements was called Yenakiieve after the name of engineer Fedor Yenakiev.
By 1914 6 blast furnaces and 7 open-hearth furnace, 2 converters, 8 rolling mills had been working at the steel works.
In 1931 first domestic casting machine was introduced.
1938 - first sintering plant is launched
1968 - The Steel works received Order of the Red Banner of Labour
.
Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works is one of the world’s leading square billet producers.
Yenakiieve Steel is a part of Metinvest Group
Steel and Rolled Products Division.
Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC) “Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works” (ticker EMZ) is an integrated steelmaking enterprise comprising OJSC “Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works” and JV “Metalen” LLC. Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works (Yenakiieve Steel) is a major employer of Yenakiieve
Yenakiieve
Yenakieve , is a city in the Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine and carries a special status within the region designated into a separate city rayon . The city is located on the Krynka River about from the oblast's administrative center, Donetsk.Yenakiieve is an important regional centre of coal...
town (Donetsk Region
Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Oblast is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Donetsk. Historically, the province is an important part of the Donbas region...
) with the population of 140 thousand people. The Works is located in the vicinity of the railway station “Yenakiieve” and in 60 km from Donetsk
Donetsk
Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...
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History
The enterprise has more than hundred year working experience.November 1897 - the first blast furnace was blown and first cast iron produced. This date is considered to be the date when Petrovskiy (Yenakiievskiy) steel works was established. Another blast furnace, Bessemer and rail rolling shops were introduced in December.
1898 - a year after the steel works was established the place of its location and the nearest mining plants and settlements was called Yenakiieve after the name of engineer Fedor Yenakiev.
By 1914 6 blast furnaces and 7 open-hearth furnace, 2 converters, 8 rolling mills had been working at the steel works.
In 1931 first domestic casting machine was introduced.
1938 - first sintering plant is launched
1968 - The Steel works received Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
The Order of the Red Banner of Labour was an order of the Soviet Union for accomplishments in labour and civil service. It is the labour counterpart of the military Order of the Red Banner. A few institutions and factories, being the pride of Soviet Union, also received the order.-History:The Red...
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Production
Key types of products producing at Yenakiieve Steel:- hot metalHot metalHot metal may refer to:*Hot Metal, a British television comedy series set in a newspaper office*Hot metal typesetting*Pig iron in a liquid state*HoTMetaL, a pioneering HTML editor for web pages...
and pig ironPig ironPig iron is the intermediate product of smelting iron ore with a high-carbon fuel such as coke, usually with limestone as a flux. Charcoal and anthracite have also been used as fuel...
; - steelSteelSteel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
in ingots; - concast square billets;
- shapes and rolled section
Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works is one of the world’s leading square billet producers.
Yenakiieve Steel is a part of Metinvest Group
SCM Holdings
System Capital Management or SCM is a major Ukrainian financial and industrial holding company with headquarters based in Donetsk in the east of the country. The business is controlled by a Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov who owns 100% of the company shares...
Steel and Rolled Products Division.