Alchevsk Metallurgical Complex
Native name
Алчевський металургійний комбінат
TypePublic company, Open joint-stock company
IndustryFerrous metallurgy
Founded1895
HeadquartersLuhansk Oblast Alchevsk Shmidta Street 4,
Ukraine[1]
Key people
Oleksiy Kyrylovych Alchevsky, Petro Arsentiyovych Hmyria, Anatolii Vasyliovych Zherdev, Hryhoriy Savych Yakymenko, Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko[2][3]
ProductsCast iron, Steel, Rolled
Number of employees
13,447[4] (2014)

Alchevsk Metallurgical Complex (Ukrainian: Алчевський металургійний комбінат, romanized: Alchevskyi metalurhiynyi kombinat) is one of the oldest ferrous metallurgy enterprises in eastern Ukraine. Its history dates back to the 1890s,[5] and its founder is Oleksiy Kyrylovych Alchevsky.

It was founded in 1895[5] as a metallurgical plant of the Donetsko-Yurievske Metallurgical Company.[6]

In 1961-1991 it was called the Kommunarsk Metallurgical Plant, because at that time the city of Alchevsk was called Kommunarsk.[5]

History

From the beginning of the 1890s, on the initiative and financial participation of Oleksiy Alchevsky, two powerful metallurgical enterprises were formed: the Donetsko-Yurievske Metallurgical Company (now the Alchevsk Metallurgical Complex), designed and built by A. Mevius, and together with the Belgians the Russian Providence Company (now Mariupol Metallurgical Plant named after Ilyich).

In 1895, the Metallurgical Plant of Donetsko-Yurievske Metallurgical Company was founded near the Yurievka station (now Kommunarsk) of the Luhansk-Debaltseve railway. The first blast furnace was blown[7] in May 1896. In 1900, the plant employed 3,200 workers.

In 1915, the plant had 5 blast furnaces, 7 open-hearth furnaces, and rolling mills.[8]

The 90's were a rough time for AMC. Beginning in 1997 it underwent bankruptcy proceedings. Until recently, the plant was jointly managed by Interpipe Group and the Industrial Union of Donbas. In 2002, AMC came under the full management of the ISD.[9]

Alchevsk Metallurgical Complex supplies its products to more than 60 countries.

Ecology

As of February 22, 2011, the Alchevsk Metallurgical Complex was one of the ten facilities that are the largest polluters in Ukraine.[10][11]

Russian occupation

Due to the war in eastern Ukraine, in the spring of 2015, the complex ceased its activities as Alchevsk was seized by Russian-backed separatists of the LNR.[12]

In December 2017, blast furnace № 5 was launched. Since then, the company has started operating as a branch of the Russian ZAO Vneshtorgservis.[13] Finished goods are sold through the Russian company Gas Alliance (or Gaz-Alyans),[13] an intermediary between Vneshtorgservice and end users.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "ALCHEVSK METALLURGICAL PLANT". griffin.ua. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  2. ↑ "New General Director Appointed at Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol". metinvestholding.com. September 11, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Керівництво ПАТ "АМК"". Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Алчевський МК - Інформація, показники, виробництво - GMK Center". GMK (in Ukrainian).
  5. 1 2 3 "Alchevsk Metallurgical Complex". encyclopediaofukraine.com. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Alchevsk". encyclopediaofukraine.com. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  7. ↑ "The Process of Blowing-in of a Blast Furnace". ispatguru.com. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  8. ↑ Комунарський металургійний завод. Енциклопедія народного господарства Української РСР. Т. 2. — Київ, 1970. Стор. 351—352.
  9. ↑ "Историю с двоевластием "Интерпайпа" и ИСД на Алчевском меткомбинате можно считать оконченной". bin.ua. July 17, 2002. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  10. ↑ "«Об'єкти, які є найбільшими забруднювачами навколишнього природного середовища». [[Міністерство екології та природних ресурсів України]]. 22.02.2011". Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  11. ↑ "On the verge of disaster: top 5 environmental problems in Ukraine". euromaidanpress.com. 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  12. ↑ Shatokha, Volodymyr (December 10, 2015). "The Sustainability of the Iron and Steel Industries in Ukraine: Challenges and Opportunities". Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy. 2 (2): 106–115. doi:10.1007/s40831-015-0036-2. S2CID 56464454.
  13. 1 2 "Treasury Sanctions Additional Individuals and Entities in Connection with the Conflict in Ukraine and Russia's Occupation of Crimea". treasury.gov. January 26, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
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