ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, has announced that it has started hot tests of its coke oven battery No. 6, which includes very new stamp-charging technology - the first of its kind in Ukraine. The investment in the coke oven battery No. 6 amounted to $128 million and, including its twin coke oven battery No. 5, which is to be completed this year, total investment in the overall project will be $170 million.
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. With the new coke oven batteries, the company also aims to decrease air pollutant emissions thanks to the numerous environmental actions implemented in the batteries.