Metinvest company said that solutions will be created for the continuation of the operation of all industrial sites, taking into account the developing conditions at the front. The full impact of the suspension of operations at the Peschany coal field is currently being assessed.
Metinvest company stopped the work of the management of the Pokrovskoye mine, the largest coking coal mine in Ukraine. due to the impending hostilities. This was reported by the company’s press service.
The mine is a major enterprise in the region and specializes in the extraction of high-quality coking coal used in the metallurgical industry to produce steel. It is located approximately 10 km west of the city center and is currently close to the battlefields near Pokrovsk.
“Due to the deteriorating security situation, Metinvest suspended work at its operation in Peschany (near Pokrovsk, Donetsk region of Ukraine), a coal field, due to the approach of the front line and intensified shelling. There is a vertical mine on the site. “The group evacuated key personnel and family members along with the administrative complex from the Pokrovsky coal power plant (well No. 3),” he said.
It is stated that other important Metinvest facilities also continue their operations.
Metinvest, together with representatives of the military administration of the city of Pokrovsk and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is closely monitoring the security situation in the city and industrial areas. Solutions for the continuous operation of all industrial sites will be created taking into account the developing conditions at the front. “The full impact of the suspension of work at the Peschany coalfield is currently being assessed,” the statement said.
The mine in Pokrovsk: why is it important?
The mine in Peschany produces coking coal, an essential raw material for steel production. Alexander Kalenkov, president of the Ukrainian Association of Metallurgists, told Reuters that the loss of the Pokrovskaya mine could lead to a significant decrease in steel production. According to Kalenkov, this will also lead to an increase in metallurgists’ production costs.
PrJSC ShA “Pokrovskoe” mine is one of the largest mines in Ukraine for extracting coke. It is an important institution of the region. The company works with deep coal deposits that require modern technologies and mining equipment.
Let us recall that Volkov da Vinci’s battalion commander Sergei Filimonov said that the battle for Pokrovsk could begin “today”. Enemy DRGs are already trying to enter the city.
It was previously reported that the Russian DRG was able to enter the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region. Members of the Defense Forces spotted the saboteurs and promptly eliminated them “before they could do anything”.
Source: Focus
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