ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, has announced that it has started construction of its new coke oven battery No. 5. The overall investment in the coke oven battery No. 5 and No. 6, which was put into operation in February this year, is around $170 million. The construction works will last for 7 or 9 months, according to the company’s statement.
With the coke oven batteries No. 5 and No. 6, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih aims to decrease the volume of purchased coke and natural gas with the additional production of in-house coke and coke oven gas. The company plans to produce 1.06 million mt of 6% moisture coke per year.
Meanwhile, the coke oven battery No. 6 is currently undergoing commissioning and adjustment works to bring it to full capacity.