Due to the Russian missile attack, the Metinvest metallurgical plant has completely stopped production.

Ukrainian steel producer Metinvest announced that its Kamentsstal steel plant in Kamenskoye was hit by a Russian ballistic missile on the night of September 5, killing five people and injuring four others, forcing the plant to completely shut down production.

According to Metinvest, only a few minutes passed between the air alert and the missile strike, which prevented all employees from reaching their shelters in time. As a result of the attack, four employees of Katsstal and one contractor were killed, four more employees were injured in various degrees of severity and were hospitalized..

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As a result of the incident, the missile strike caused damage to the agglomeration plant, as well as its energy and transport infrastructure, which led to a complete shutdown of all production processes. The head of Metinvest, Director of Operations Alexander Mironenko, stated that there were no military facilities, equipment or military production at the Kamenstal site and that the plant produced cast iron and steel exclusively for civilian purposes.

Emergency recovery work is currently underway. Once the garbage collection is completed, experts will inspect the affected equipment and infrastructure to determine the full extent of the damage and assess further actions required to resume operations. The timing of the restoration and resumption of production remains unknown.

As previously reported by SteelOrbis, the Metinvest Zaporizhstal metallurgical plant in Zaporizhia was shut down after two consecutive rocket attacks from Russia11 августаи August 27. It was expected that the production shutdown would have a significant impact on exports of basic cast iron in Ukraine and flat rolled products, in particular, on the production of BPI supplies to the United States and shipments of finished steel to European markets. рынки.

In September, there was also a malfunction at the Dnipro Metallurgical Plant. 5

Meanwhile, Russian forces also launched a missile attack onlong-range rolling and rail manufacturer Dneprovsky Metallurgical plant (DMZ), part of the DCH group,in Dnipro on the night of September 5.

According to the plant, the employees took cover before the attack and were not injured. Casualties were reported. Industrial and administrative facilities at the Dnipro plant were damaged, but the extent of the damage is still being assessed. Emergency services and police are working at the site.