15 January 2014
"AZOVSTAL IRON & STEEL WORKS" (Metinvest Group) has successfully passed the first surveillance audit for compliance with the International Standard ISO 50001:2011 "Energy Management Systems".
In the course of audit specialists of Technical and Management Services LLG assessed operation of the shops in accordance with energy management system, as well as involvement level of staff responsible for use of energy resources.
The auditors reviewed documentation on energy management system at Water Supply Shop, Desulfurization Shop, Metallurgical Slag Recycling Shop, Thermal Power Plant, Plate Mill, Rail and Structural Steel Mill, Boiler Shop and other subdivisions. "AZOVSTAL IRON & STEEL WORKS" became the first iron and steel enterprise in Ukraine that went through certification of quality management system in compliance with the International Standard ISO 50001:2011. An appropriate certificate shall be verified annually. For this purpose in view the experts of auditing company "Technical and Management Services LLG" have been invited.
Andrei Mormul, Lead Auditor of Technical and Management Services LLG emphasized: "I visited the shops personally, communicated with operators and I can say that they understand and effectively complete set challenges. At the moment, we did not reveal any deviations from the requirements established in the International Standard ISO 50001:2011 and do not see any obstacles for the extension of the appropriate certificate".
Enver Tskitishvili, Director General of PJSC "AZOVSTAL IRON & STEEL WORKS" noted: "We regularly introduce the advanced international standards and transfer stepwise to the energy saving technologies at all subdivisions. At the enterprise draft program of energy saving measures for 2014 has been prepared, which we expect will save at least 7 million US Dollars. Nowadays energy efficiency issues at "AZOVSTAL IRON & STEEL WORKS" are in priority".
- For editors:
PJSC "AZOVSTAL IRON & STEEL WORKS" is a modern high-technology enterprise manufacturing wide range of steel products: slabs, bars, shapes, railway rails, rail fasteners, square billets, plates and products of metallurgical slag. Production capacities of the enterprise allow to produce annually over 5.5 mln. t of iron, over 6.2 mln. t of steel (aim is to achieve 7 mln.t of steel per year) and over 4.4 mln. t of rolled products. Design capacities for rail fasteners production is 285 thous. t per year, grinding balls 170 thous. t per year. Metinvest is a vertically integrated mining and metallurgical group of companies that manages assets in each segment of production chain, from extraction of iron ore raw materials and coal, as well as coke production up to manufacture of steel semi-finished and finished products, pipes and coils and also manufacture of other high-value-added products. The Group incorporates mining and metallurgical enterprises located in Ukraine, Europe and USA and has sales network covering all global key markets. The key shareholders of Metinvest are SCM Group (71.25%) and Smart Holding (23.75%) that manage the Company collaboratively. "METINVEST HOLDING" LLC is the managing company of Metinvest Group.