The protests in Mariupol finally heard the shareholders of Metinvest

The recently undergone a long-term rally of protest of Mariupol citizens, dissatisfied with the disgusting environmental situation, apparently affected the hearts of the leaders of the Metinvest group. The leadership and shareholders of the Metinvest group are concerned about the environmental situation, which has recently developed in the city of Mariupol, the press center of the metallurgical corporation reports.

At the same time, Metinvest’s leadership considers it necessary to “categorically suppress the speculation and attempts by the organizers of the environmental movement in Mariupol to mislead the public, informing about the allegedly superprofits of metallurgists and the unwillingness of the Metinvest group to invest in the modernization of metallurgical enterprises of the city”, honestly warned in the press service.

Next, we quote the message of the press center of the group Metinvest literally:

“The reality of today's situation is such that the general Losses Azovstal and MMK named after Ilyich for the period from 2009 to October 2012 amounted to more than 10 billion UAH. This top was covered at the expense of own funds of metinvest shareholders. We clearly understand our responsibility for the future of labor collectives and MMK named after Ilyich and for the future of the city. Despite the deep economic and financial crisis , our enterprises continue to work, workers continue to receive salaries, and more than half of the city budget continues to go to the city treasury. The stop of our enterprises means a stop of the city. Of our superior, we continue to finance reconstruction of the scale that no one has spent before us over the past 50 years. Therefore, we urge public activists when defending their rights equally to take into account everything Facts , tell the truth and conduct an honest dialogue.

The leadership of Metinvest, sharing the concern of the townspeople by the presence of Smog in the days of adverse meteorological conditions in the city, conducted a thorough analysis of the situation. According to our experts, the probable reason for the strengthening of the smog and smell has recently become intensive disposal of the secondary materials from the MK Azovstal from the MK Azovstal from the Slamnacrot of the Metaccated Plant, drained within the framework of the approved environmental program for the protection of the Sea of ​​Azov. These secondary materials are characterized by an increased content of organic compounds, in particular, peat.

The leadership of Metinvest decided on additional measures to improve the environmental situation in Mariupol. It was decided to stop the Azovstal infabrics from November 12 for a period of 1 month to conduct detailed diagnostics of treatment systems and eliminate possible defects. In the future, use