The incident occurred in the shop which is under renovation

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On 29 April in Kryvyi Rih of Dnipropetrovsk region at the metallurgical enterprise “ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog” has spread about 40 tons of cast iron. About it reported in Public service on emergency situations.

The spill occurred at blast furnace No. 9 blast furnace shop No. 2. In place immediately left divisions of gschs.

“For the pilot smelting, loading 10% power, burn cooling plate for blast furnace, and in the technological environment have poured out about 40 tons of iron. The burnt area of 0.5 m2 occurred at a height of 9.1 meters with an overall height of the furnace is about 46 meters”, – told the Agency.

The shop where the incident occurred, is under reconstruction. As a result of incident nobody has suffered.