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74-592: On 6 June 2006, Metinvest Holding LLC, the management company of Metinvest Group, was founded. In December 2006, Metinvest acquired a 100% stake in Lehman-Ukraine LLC, a wholesale metal trading company, and an additional 27% stake in Yenakiyeve Iron and Steel Works (EMZ, Donetsk region). In October 2007, Metinvest became the first Ukrainian member of the World Steel Association (Worldsteel; formerly

148-546: A 24.99% stake in Pokrovske Colliery and Sviato-Varvarynska Beneficiation Factory (Pokrovsk and Pokrovsk district, Donetsk region), which together form Ukraine's largest coal mining complex. In 2019, the group acquired a 49.37% stake in Dniprovskyy Coke and Chemical Plant (DKHZ, formerly Dniprodzerzhinskyy Coke and Chemical Plant named after S. Ordzhonikidze, Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region). In 2019, Metinvest joined

222-428: A column of 300 military vehicles from their advancing position to the south, and that after ten days of intense fighting they were turned back. As an industrial center that accounted for fully 10% of Ukraine's GDP, Vilkul was convinced that Kryvyi Rih was a prime target for Russian forces. In the third week of the war, Russian troops broadened their offensive across Ukraine and were again advancing toward Kryvyi Rih from

296-489: A gun lying next to his body. In September, reporting on an investigation that included a search of the home of the former, and now acting, mayor, Yyriy Vilkul, the Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky suggested that Pavlov may have committed suicide against the backdrop of a large-scale audit of the city's budget. Beginning in 2017, Kryvyi Rih had major labour unrest. In May 2017, coordinated protest actions began at

370-471: A joint Ukrainian-Swiss venture, following its refusal to re-register these enterprises in the unrecognised Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). In 2018, Metinvest bought a 23.71% stake in metallurgical coke producer Yuzhcoke (Southern Coke; formerly Evraz Yuzhcoke, Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region) and acquired 100% of the shares in galvanised steel producer Unisteel (Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region). In 2018, Metinvest acquired

444-412: A market-based economy. Affiliated members consist of associations or federations of steel producers and any technical society or institute concerned with matters affecting the steel industry. The World Steel Association's key areas of activity include: Safety and health : The World Steel Association promotes a policy that ensures zero harm to any employee or contractor of the steel industry. The aim

518-611: A scale from 0 (lowest risk) to 100 (highest risk) according to the ESG risk assessment methodology. In June 2020, Metinvest founded Ukraine's first private mining and metallurgical university, Metinvest Polytechnic, to provide training in the engineering professions demanded by Ukrainian industry. In 2020, Metinvest spent about $ 6m to fight the coronavirus throughout the year. The group supplied oxygen to Ukrainian hospitals and donated medicine and equipment. In 2020, Metinvest shareholder Rinat Akhmetov allocated ₴300 million to help Ukraine overcome

592-665: Is a city in central Ukraine . It hosts the administration of Kryvyi Rih Raion and its subordinate Kryvyi Rih urban hromada in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast . The city is part of the Kryvyi Rih Metropolitan Region . Its population is estimated at 603,904 (2022 estimate), making it the seventh-most populous city in Ukraine and the second largest by area. Kryvyi Rih is claimed to be the longest city in Europe. Located at

666-612: Is a non-profit organisation with its headquarters in Brussels , Belgium and a second office in Beijing , China , whose purpose is to promote steel and the steel industry to customers, the industry, media and the general public. Regular members consist of companies that have actual raw steel production, including steel alloys and stainless steel, and operate as independent commercial enterprises. State-controlled companies must be free to make their own economic and investment decisions and operate in

740-491: Is governed by the Kryvyi Rih Municipality . It is a city community that is designated as a separate district within its oblast . Administratively, the city is divided into districts ( raions ). There are 7 districts: Metalurhiinyi, Tsentralno-Miskyi, Ternivskyi, Saksahanskyi, Inhuletskyi, Pokrovskyi and Dovhyntsivskyi. Small townships, Avanhard, Horniatske, Ternuvatyi Kut, Kolomiitseve and Novoivanivka were added to

814-458: Is located nearby. In a national referendum on 1 December 1991, Ukrainian independence was approved by 90% of the votes cast in Kryvyi Rih's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast . The first 25 years of independence was a period of economic dislocation and adjustment. The population of the city decreased by almost 100,000, from a peak of 780,000 in the late 1980s. Assisted by Metinvest , investment followed

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888-421: Is published twice a year, in the form of a short range outlook for steel demand. Sustainability : The association and its member companies have formulated a policy on sustainable development to measure the industry's economic, environmental and social performance. The World Steel Association publishes a sustainability report every year. Automotive : The World Auto Steel programme stimulates innovation and

962-597: Is to achieve an accident-free workplace across the industry. Climate Action : The World Steel Association has developed a global approach to tackle climate change. The World Steel Association has a policy paper on climate change and the production of iron and steel. Economics : The association publishes monthly production statistics and two annual statistical publications: the Steel Statistical Yearbook and World Steel in Figures . Information on future trends

1036-581: The Dnieper River in Zaporizhzhia , whose hydro-electric power drove Kryvyi Rih's industrialisation. The first Mining Institute opened in 1929. The Medical and Pedagogical Institutes were founded. In line with Stalin's plans for break-neck industrialisation, in 1931 the foundation of the Kryvyi Rih Metallurgical Plant, the future Kryvorizhstal , was laid. The first blast furnace of

1110-730: The Mariupol Development Foundation. In August 2016, the Zaporizhzhia Foundry and Mechanical Plant (ZLMZ) started operating in Zaporizhzhia . In September 2016, the Metinvest Green Centre public union was established in Kryvyi Rih . In March 2017, Metinvest reported that it had lost control over Yenakiieve Steel and its Makiivka branch, Yenakiieve Coke, Khartsyzsk Pipe , Komsomolskoye mining company , Krasnodon Coal PJSC, Donetsk Coke PJSC and Metalen LLC,

1184-583: The 2005 privatization of Kryvorizhstal . There was extensive redevelopment including new shopping and entertainment centers. In July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, Kryvyi Rih Municipality and the Kryvyi Rih Raion came under a common city authority. The city remains the second most important in the Dnipropetrovsk region after Dnipro . Krivyi Rih has two independent universities, and several institutes and technical schools. Until

1258-626: The Bolshevik Red Army. In 1922 the region was incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR , a constituent republic of the Soviet Union . The town, with a population of 22,571, was now designated a city. Mine operations were revived, and in 1924 a 55.3 km (34.4 mi) water-supply system was laid underground. In the summer of 1927, 10,000 people began to work on the Dnieprostroi , a huge dam on

1332-658: The Cossack Zaporizhian Sich (or Host) incorporated the area within the Inhul Palanka division of their de-facto republic. A list of villages and winter camps (zymivnyki) from that time mentions Kryvyi Rih. In 1770, Kryvyi Rih was again recorded as the camp of the Zaporizhian Sich . In May 1775, after the end of the Russian-Turkish War , Russian authorities established Kryvyi Rih as a staging post, in

1406-536: The Dutch Metal Industry Association (VNMI). In March 2020, Metinvest completed the purchase of a roughly 73% stake in Dniprovskyi Coke and Chemical Plant (Dnipro Coke). In June 2020, Metinvest was ranked among the top 10 global steel companies by Sustainalytics, a leading provider of research, ratings and data on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. The company scored 32 points on

1480-699: The German-controlled Ukrainian State . After the Germans and their Austro-Hungarian allies withdrew in November 1918, the town was successively occupied by the nationalists of the Ukrainian People's Republic , the counter-revolutionary Volunteer Army of General Denikin (the "Whites"), the anarchist Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (the Makhnovshchina) and, from 17 January 1920, by

1554-528: The International Iron and Steel Institute, or IISI) In November 2007, the group acquired 82.5% of Ingulets Iron Ore Mining and Processing Plant (Ingulets GOK, in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region), one of Ukraine's largest mining companies. In January 2008, Metinvest completed the acquisition of a 100% stake in the rolling businesses of Trametal S.p.A. (Italy) and Spartan UK Ltd (UK) from Italy's Malacalza family. In June 2008, SRK Consulting conducted

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1628-778: The International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) in Brussels , Belgium on 10 July 1967. IISI opened a second office in Beijing , China , in April, 2006. The organisation changed its name to World Steel Association in October 2008. Kryvyi Rih Azov Governorate (1775 – 1781) Yekaterinoslav Viceroyalty (1782 – 1795) Novorossiya Gov. (1796 – 1801) Kherson Gov. (1802 – 1918) Kryvyi Rih ( / ˈ k r ɪ v iː ˈ r iː / ; Ukrainian : Кривий Ріг , IPA: [krɪwɪj ˈr⁽ʲ⁾iɦ] ), also known as Krivoy Rog (Russian: Кривой Рог [krʲɪˈvoj ˈrok] ),

1702-537: The Krivorozh wool spinning factory was commissioned. In last years of the Soviet Union, and following a sharp reduction in spending on cultural, sports and youth service, the city witnessed neighbourhood-based gang violence—the so-called "war of Runners". The era of Perestrioka was also marked by the emergence of independent trade unions, and of new civic and political organisations. The former Krivoi Rog Air Base

1776-610: The US. In September 2009, Metinvest became the first Ukrainian company to receive Climate Action certification from the World Steel Association . In December 2009, Metinvest acquired a 95% stake in the Bulgarian rolling company Promet Steel AD. In January 2010, Metinvest published its first social report in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international sustainability reporting standard. In March 2010,

1850-644: The Ukrainian army, civilians and employees. Metinvest also produces decoys . In 2022, Metinvest and DTEK, in coordination with the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation, created the Saving Lives humanitarian project, which had already helped 85,000 Ukrainians as of June 2022. As of June 2022, Metinvest shareholder Rinat Akhmetov had donated €100 million to the Ukrainian Armed Forces and humanitarian aid to

1924-1022: The acquisition of a 49.9% stake in Zaporizhstal PJSC. In December 2012, Metinvest decided to close the sinter plant at Azovstal. In May 2013, Metinvest acquired a 39.74% stake in Zaporizhneupor PJSC (Zaporizhzhia), Ukraine's largest producer of refractory products. In 2013, SCM Group and Smart-Holding transferred to Metinvest 23.5% in Central Mining and Processing Plant PJSC, 15% in Northern Mining and Processing Plant PJSC, 26% in Zaporozhkoks PJSC, 31.3% in Donetskkoks PJSC and 3.1% in Ingulets Iron Ore Mining and Processing Plant PJSC. In July 2014, SCM and Smart-Holding announced

1998-408: The amount of ore mined. In response to this, and to above-ground worker blockades, plant management made concessions on wages, benefits and health and safety. On the first day of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia , 24 February 2022, there were air strikes against military targets in the city, causing evacuations of residents in the district of Makulan. On 27 February, city mayor Oleksandr Vilkul

2072-520: The area, emigrating to Germany , Austria-Hungary and the United States . The surrounding mines attracted prospectors looking to turn a quick profit. The supply of mined ore soon exceeded demand . Many mines had to cut employment or temporarily suspend operations. Workers, many drawn from the Russian-speaking north (from Great Russia ), laboured in harsh conditions with no security. Work in

2146-480: The authorities admitted to 4 dead and 15 wounded, witnesses report that soldiers killed at least 7, and that over 200 people were hospitalised with injuries. Fifteen hundred people received prison sentences. In 1975, the city's two-hundredth anniversary was marked by the development of the Jubilee mine and adjacent residential area, and by the construction of a new city administration building and park. In September 1976,

2220-570: The beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Kryvyi Rih has been the target of frequent Russian missile strikes . It was a focus of the southern Ukraine campaign , but the closest ground advance by Russia stalled some 50 kilometres (31 mi) to the south of the city before it was turned back in March 2022. Kryvyi Rih, which in Ukrainian literally means 'crooked horn ' or 'curved cape',

2294-543: The city centre, support began to ebb from the Party of Regions. Petro Poroshenko , who insisted that Russian separatists in the Donbas "don't represent anybody", was supported in the presidential election of 2014. Vilkul was re-elected mayor in 2015, but amidst large-scale protests alleging electoral fraud. In the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election the city supported its native son Volodymyr Zelenskyy , who defeated Poroshenko in

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2368-467: The city had been hit with missiles, local defenders had blocked the runway with mechanical equipment. On the same day, Vilkul said that he had received a phone call from a former colleague who invited him to "sign an agreement of friendship, cooperation and defense with Russia"; he said that he "responded with profanity." On the third day of the war, 27 February, the Russian forces, according to Vilkul, sent

2442-461: The city's main plants, Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Plant, Evraz-Sukha Balka and AMKR. Employees stopped work, held public meetings and occupied administration offices. Conscious that they were receiving one of the lowest wages across the global industry, the metalworkers raised the demand for a monthly wage of US$ 1,000/Euros. The conflict stopped after an agreement was reached to gradually raise wages, on average by 50%. In 2018, protest erupted again triggered by

2516-636: The city. In 1775, the Inhulets Povit (territory) of Novorossiysk Governorate was established on lands of the Inhulets palanca, after the abolition of the Zaporozhian Sich . In 1775/1776 it was part of Kherson Governorate . In 1783, the povit centre became Kryvyi Rih, and it was renamed "Kryvyi Rih Povit". In 1860, Kryvyi Rih received the status of township within the Kherson Governorate . In 1919,

2590-567: The coal-mining region of Donbas . In 1880, with 5 million francs of capital , Pol founded the "French Society of Kryvyi Rih Ores". In 1882 16.4 thousand tons of ore were extracted from surface mines on the outskirts of town by 150 workers. The first underground mine of the basin began operations in 1886. In 1892, the Hdantsivka ironworks was started. Ore began to be processed locally, spawning new metallurgical enterprises spurred by substantial western, and in particular Belgian, investment. At

2664-465: The company was led by Ihor Syryy. In 2009, he was named the best top manager in Ukraine. Since 2013, the company has been headed by Yuriy Ryzhenkov. In 2020, he entered the list of Ukraine's top 25 CEOs. Metinvest Group is present in all major markets around the world, including Europe, the Middle East and Africa, North, Central and South America, and Asia. * On 15 March 2017, Metinvest Group announced

2738-455: The completion of the merger of their mining and metals assets within Metinvest B.V. In May 2015, Ilyich Steel decommissioned its open-hearth plant. In 2015, Metinvest established Metinvest-Promservice, a company specialising in maintenance and repair of equipment at all the group's steel assets and third-party organisations. In March 2016, Metinvest signed a social partnership agreement with

2812-542: The confluence of the Saksahan and Inhulets rivers, Kryvyi Rih was founded as a military staging post in 1775. Urban-industrial growth followed Belgian , French and British investment in the exploitation of the area's rich iron-ore deposits, generally called Kryvbas , in the 1880s. Kryvyi Rih gained city status after the October Revolution in 1919. Stalin -era industrialisation built Kryvorizhstal in 1934,

2886-438: The end of August 1941 at a brick works. On 14–15 October a combination of SS, German police and Ukrainian auxiliaries murdered 7,000 more at an iron ore mine. Children were thrown into the pits alive. Hitler had repeatedly stressed the crucial importance of this area: "The Nikopol manganese is of such importance, it cannot be expressed in words. Loss of Nikopol (on the Dnieper River , today's southwest of Zaporizhzhia) would mean

2960-631: The end of war." The German bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper gave the German command a base in order to restore the land connection with their forces locked in the Crimea. During the first half of January 1944, Soviet troops made repeated attempts to eliminate the Nikopol-Krivoy Rog enemy group. The Nikopol–Krivoy Rog Offensive did not succeed in breaking into the city until the end of February. Although

3034-634: The events of Euromaidan in 2014 and their aftermath, in local and national elections Kryvyi Rih favored Russian-friendly candidates belonging first, in the 1990s, to the Communist Party of Ukraine and then, in the new century, the Party of Regions . In 2010 the city elected Party of Regions Yuriy Vilkul mayor, and helped Viktor Yanukovych to victory in the presidential election . After the Euromaidan events , which were accompanied by demonstrations and clashes in

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3108-582: The factory, breaking the strike but leaving the central dispute in place. An underlying problem, according to ArcelorMittal's chief procurement officer, is a labour shortage. Skilled workers are emigrating to Poland , Czechia , and to other countries. But the plant's upper management sees costs associated with the higher salaries that might retain workers as an unacceptable threat to an ambitious, multibillion-dollar factory modernization project. Kryvorizhstal , Ukraine's largest integrated steel company, had been privatised in 2005 in publicly televised auction. This

3182-495: The fatal result of underinvestment in plant and safety. On the night of 3–4 March 2018, the roof collapsed at AMKR's converter shop, killing a 25-year-old worker. In May, the ArcelorMittal steel plant ground to a halt as workers refused to guide trains along the factory's self-enclosed supply chain until they received monthly pay of 1,000 euros. Management brought in employees from state-owned railway company Ukrzaliznytsia to run

3256-516: The first JORC -compliant audit of Metinvest's open-pit reserves ( Northern GOK , Central GOK and Ingulets GOK ). In July 2008, Metinvest acquired a 51% stake in NPO Incor & Co LLC (New York, Donetsk region), one of Europe's largest chemical producers. In April 2009, Metinvest completed the acquisition of a 100% stake in United Coal Company , one of the leading coking coal producers in

3330-758: The first attempt by the Bolsheviks to establish the authority in the town of the new Soviet government in Moscow. In the civil war that followed the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917, Kryvyi Rih changed hands several times. In February 1918, the Bolsheviks proclaimed the Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic , but then in March conceded the territory under the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk to

3404-510: The first stone houses (1828), and three water mills. In 1860, the village was designated a township . Alexander Pol discovered and initiated iron ore investigation and production in this area. He is credited with discovering the Kryvbas . This stimulated the formation of a mining district. In 1884, Alexander III started the Catherine Railway , first to Dnipro and then 505 km to

3478-407: The greater part of city was destroyed, a special 37th Red Army detachment prevented the German demolition of the power stations in the city and the Saksahan dams. After the war, people lived among the ruins while rebuilding the housing stock. The housing shortage was met by innovative technological solutions, and temporary barracks and houses were quickly built. In the late 1940s, re-construction

3552-707: The group became a member of the United Nations Global Compact initiative. In July 2010, Metinvest and Ilyich Iron and Steel Works (Ilyich Steel, Mariupol, Donetsk region) decided to merge their assets. In October 2010, Metinvest consolidated a 90.2% interest in Makiivka Steel CJSC (Makiivka, Donetsk region). In December 2010, the group completed the registration of its products under European Regulation No 1907/2006 (REACH) . In May 2011, Azovstal (Mariupol, Donetsk region) decommissioned its open-hearth plant. In July 2011, Metinvest acquired 50% of

3626-459: The invaders faced extensive improvised fortifications and minefields. On 29 March 2022, Vilkul said that the line of contact was no longer on the border with Dnipropetrovsk region , but 40-60 kilometers south in the Kherson Oblast . He was confident that running 120 km north to south, the longest city in Europe could not be surrounded. On 30 March, ArcelorMittal which at the beginning of

3700-555: The largest integrated metallurgical works in the Soviet Union. After a brutal German occupation in World War II , Kryvyi Rih experienced renewed growth through to the 1970s. The economic dislocation associated with the break-up of the Soviet Union contributed to high unemployment and a large-scale exodus from the city in the 1990s. The privatization of Kryvorizhstal in 2005 was followed by increased foreign and private investment which helped finance urban regeneration. Beginning in 2017, there were major labour protests and strikes. Since

3774-448: The metallurgical works produced steel three years later. The city grew rapidly. In the surrounding countryside, industrialisation was accompanied by the collectivisation of agriculture . The dispossession of the peasants and the confiscation of their harvests induced the Holodomor or Great Famine of 1932–33. By 1941, at over 200,000, the population of the industrial city had increased almost tenfold. During World War II, Kryvyi Rih

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3848-426: The mines induced lung cancer, tuberculosis and asthma . In protest, workers began to develop ideas about socialism and democracy. Labour unrest resulted in several terrorist attacks and in widespread strikes . The First World War interrupted access to the export markets, and many workers were drafted into the military. A council of soviet of Soldiers and Worker's Deputies was formed in 1917. January 1918 saw

3922-608: The month had idled its steelmaking operations in Kryvyi Rih citing concern for the safety and security of its 26,000 workers and for its assets, announced that it was preparing to restart production. (It 2023, it operated at 25% pre-war capacity. In 2024, the company plans to increase capacity utilization from to 50%). At the end of May 2022, responding to Russian rocket and missile strikes, Ukrainian forces made limited counterattacks south of Kryvyi Rih. The southern Inhulets and Radushne districts remain exposed to Russian shelling with civilian losses. At dawn on 25 August, Kryvyi Rih

3996-437: The name Kamet Steel. Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the group has suspended production at Ilyich Steel and Azovstal in Mariupol. These enterprises suffered from shelling and suspended operations. As a result of Russia's aggression, the group as a whole reduced the production capacity of its enterprises by more than 40%. During the first 100 days of the war, Metinvest spent more than UAH 1.5 billion to help

4070-418: The next five years, the company said it invested more than $ 5 billion in its Kryvyi Rih operations. On 15 October 2020, in an action that began with 393 miners occupying mine-shafts, 18 iron-ore miners came to the surface after spending a total of 43 days underground to protest pay and conditions. The mine administration had introduced piecework wages for most jobs underground, linking people's daily income to

4144-413: The pandemic, uniting the efforts of the Charity Fund, DTEK and Metinvest companies and FC Shakhtar, which became partners in the anti-crisis headquarters in the west and east of the country. In March 2021, Metinvest gained control over Pokrovske Coal Group, Ukraine's largest producer of coking coal, which includes Pokrovske Colliery and Sviato-Varvarynska Beneficiation Factory. In July 2021, Metinvest won

4218-423: The population since the start of the Russian invasion. Metinvest is a mining and metals group that is beneficially owned by Rinat Akhmetov . The main shareholders of the group are SCM (71.24%) and Smart Holding (23.76%), which participate in the management of Metinvest on a partnership basis. Metinvest Group's main holding company is Metinvest B.V. (Netherlands, registration number 24321697). From 2006 to 2013,

4292-443: The same time Kryvyi Rih ore began to feed the German metallurgical industry in Silesia . In 1902, the Catherine Railroad linked Kryvyi Rih to the coal mines of the Donbas. At the end of the 19th century the tallest building was the Central Synagogue, built by a thriving Jewish community of artisans, merchants and traders. In 1905, the community was subject to pogroms , in which the authorities were complicit. Many Jewish people left

4366-424: The second round in April. In the July 2019 elections for the Ukrainian Rada , candidates for Zelenskyy 's Servant of the People Party won the city's three parliamentary seats. However, in December 2020, the Servant of the People candidate for mayor, Dmytr Shevchuk, lost to Kostantin Pavlov of the pro-Russian Opposition Platform — For Life . On 15 August 2021, Pavlov was found dead in the entrance to his home,

4440-463: The south. On 10 March, two rockets struck the Kryvyi Rih International Airport in Lozovatka  [ uk ] . On 12 March, Metinvest shuttered an open pit iron ore mine in the city, and sent the huge trucks used at the mine to block key roads to slow the Russian advance. In its 15 March briefing, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence stated that the movement by "occupation troops" toward Kryvyi Rih had been stopped. According to Russian sources,

4514-453: The steel business of Industrial Group, which operated Zaporizhstal PJSC (Zaporizhzhia), one of Europe's largest steelmaking companies. In 2012, during the First National Steel Construction Market Participants' Conference in Kyiv, Metinvest was one of 12 Ukrainian companies that initiated the creation of the industry association Steel Industry Directory – Trade Associations, and later became one of its founders. In July 2012, Metinvest completed

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4588-455: The tender for the sale of the production complex of Dneprovskyi Iron Steel Works (DMK, Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region). In December 2021, Metinvest Pokrovskugol is established to manage the operational and administrative changes at the Pokrovske Colliery Group. In 2022, Metinvest announced plans to invest more than $ 1.2 billion to modernis its facilities. In February 2022, Dniprovskyi Metallurgic Plant (DMK) and Dnipro Coke (DKHZ) merge under

4662-560: The total loss of control over the operations of these assets. World Steel Association World Steel Association , abbreviated as worldsteel , is the international industry association for the iron and steel sector. The association is one of the largest and most dynamic industry associations in the world, with members in every major steel-producing country. worldsteel represents steel producers, national and regional steel industry associations, and steel research institutes. Members represent around 85% of global steel production. It

4736-445: The town ended in January and February 1942 with the arrest and execution of the leading Ukrainian activists. In 1939, 12,745 Jews had lived in Krivoy Rog, comprising about 6% of the total population. Those who did not leave the city during the organized evacuation were systematically concentrated and murdered by the Nazi occupiers during the Holocaust . The first mass killing of two to three hundred by an Einsatzkommando occurred at

4810-433: The township was granted city status in Yekaterinoslav Governorate and, later, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast . As a result of the administrative reform in 1923, Kryvyi Rih povit converted to Kryvyi Rih county. In 1930, it became an independent administrative unit of Ukraine. Kryvyi Rih has four single-mandate parliamentary constituencies entirely within the city, through which members of parliament (MPs) are elected to represent

4884-399: The tradition of the Mongol yam , on the roads to the Russian garrisons of Kremenchuk , Kinburn foreland and Ochakov . In August 1775, on the direct order of Catherine the Great , the Sich was forcibly dissolved. The cossack lands were annexed to the Russian province of Novorossiya and distributed among the Russian and Ukrainian gentry. The early 19th century saw the construction of

4958-408: The use of steel in the automotive sector. Technology : Modern steelmaking relies on advanced technologies. worldsteel plays an important role in benchmarking best practices, helping its members improve their businesses. Representatives from member companies meet regularly to exchange information on technological, manufacturing and operational performance. The World Steel Association was founded as

5032-422: Was accompanied by Stakhanovite propaganda: Pre-war iron ore production was restored by 1950. In 1961 this was supplemented by new mines and by the Central and , Northern Iron Ore Enrichment Works . By the end of the Soviet era, Kryvbas was producing 42% of the USSR's and 80% of Ukrainian ore. At the beginning of the 1960s, the city received a signature 185m-tall, guyed tubular steel TV mast. Housing stock

5106-513: Was after the incoming government of President Viktor Yushchenko cancelled a 2004 auction that had seen the company sold at a much lower price, to a consortium that included the son-in-law of ex-President Leonid Kuchma . The Indian-owned international steel conglomerate Mittal Steel proved successful with a bid of $ 4.8 billion, equivalent to a fifth of Ukraine's national budget. In 2006, Mittal took over its international rival, Arcelor, to form ArcelorMittal headquartered in Luxembourg City . Over

5180-452: Was appointed the head of the military administration of Kryvyi Rih. According to Vilkul, the day previously — the second day the war — the Russian military had attempted an air assault. An Ilyushin Il 76 transport had approached an abandoned Soviet-era air base just east of the city. Carrying more than 100 paratroopers with orders to capture the airfield as an “air bridge”, it was forced to abort its mission, 300 metres from landing. As soon as

5254-438: Was hit by cluster munitions . On 14 September 2022, the city faced rising water levels in the Inhulets River, and water shortages, as the Russian forces fired eight cruise missiles at local infrastructure. The strike against President Zelenskyy's home town—an attempt, he suggested, to flood the city—came after his visit to towns in the Kharkiv region regained in Ukraine's first major counteroffensive . The city of Kryvyi Rih

5328-626: Was occupied by the German Army from 15 August 1941 to 22 February 1944. It was administered for most of that period as part of the Reichskommissariat Ukraine . In advance of the Germans, industrial plant and machine operators were evacuated to Nizhny Tagil in the Urals. An initial toleration of Ukrainian cultural activity and propaganda by the pro-German Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in

5402-438: Was replaced and expanded with several large Khrushchyovkas apartment complexes. Urban planning incorporated broad tree-lined avenues with trams lines running down their center. On June 16–18, 1963, increased food prices triggered protests in the city, estimated to involve between 1,000 and 6,000 people. After an ex-serviceman who had interacted with the police was severely beaten, there was rioting. Moscow sent in troops. While

5476-464: Was the name originally given in the 18th century to the general area of the present city by Zaporozhian Cossacks . According to local legend, the first village in the area was founded by a "crooked" ( Ukrainian slang for 'one-eyed') Cossack named Rih (literally, 'horn'). The name likely derives from the shape of the landmass formed by the confluence of the river Saksahan with the Inhulets . In 1734

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