• Molten steel is moved through the Metinvest Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. Rinat Akhmetov, the owner of the factory and richest man in Ukraine, has enlisted his 300,000 employees to end the turmoil unleashed by the armed takeover of pro-Russian separatists in Mairupol. John Moore / Getty Images
    Molten steel is moved through the Metinvest Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. Rinat Akhmetov, the owner of the factory and richest man in Ukraine, has enlisted his 300,000 employees to end the turmoil unleashed by the armed takeover of pro-Russian separatists in Mairupol. John Moore / Getty Images
  • Metinvest employees work at the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, Ukraine. Metinvest supplies more than 100 countries. John Moore / Getty Images
    Metinvest employees work at the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, Ukraine. Metinvest supplies more than 100 countries. John Moore / Getty Images
  • Steelworkers from Metinvest IIyich Iron and Steel Work, above, began regular foot patrols with local police in an effort to restore peace and re-establish order in Mariupol. John Moore / Getty Images
    Steelworkers from Metinvest IIyich Iron and Steel Work, above, began regular foot patrols with local police in an effort to restore peace and re-establish order in Mariupol. John Moore / Getty Images
  • Slabs of steel are moved the Metinvest Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, a major port with mines and steel works that account for a significant part of the Ukraine's industrial output. John Moore / Getty Images
    Slabs of steel are moved the Metinvest Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, a major port with mines and steel works that account for a significant part of the Ukraine's industrial output. John Moore / Getty Images
  • Metinvest employees work at the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, Ukraine. Metinvest supplies more than 100 countries. John Moore / Getty Images
    Metinvest employees work at the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, Ukraine. Metinvest supplies more than 100 countries. John Moore / Getty Images
  • Metinvest employees work at the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, Ukraine. Metinvest supplies more than 100 countries. John Moore / Getty Images
    Metinvest employees work at the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, Ukraine. Metinvest supplies more than 100 countries. John Moore / Getty Images
  • A bust of Vladimir Lenin stands in front of Metinvest IIyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol. John Moore / Getty Images
    A bust of Vladimir Lenin stands in front of Metinvest IIyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol. John Moore / Getty Images
  • Employees work in a control room at the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. Rinat Akhmetov, the owner of the factory and richest man in Ukraine, has enlisted his 300,000 employees to end the turmoil unleashed by the armed takeover of pro-Russian separatists in Mairupol. John Moore / Getty Images
    Employees work in a control room at the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. Rinat Akhmetov, the owner of the factory and richest man in Ukraine, has enlisted his 300,000 employees to end the turmoil unleashed by the armed takeover of pro-Russian separatists in Mairupol. John Moore / Getty Images
  • Above, the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. Rinat Akhmetov, the owner of the factory and richest man in Ukraine, has enlisted his 300,000 employees to end the turmoil unleashed by the armed takeover of pro-Russian separatists in Mairupol. John Moore / Getty Images
    Above, the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. Rinat Akhmetov, the owner of the factory and richest man in Ukraine, has enlisted his 300,000 employees to end the turmoil unleashed by the armed takeover of pro-Russian separatists in Mairupol. John Moore / Getty Images
  • Molten steel is moved through the Metinvest Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. Rinat Akhmetov, the owner of the factory and richest man in Ukraine, has enlisted his 300,000 employees to end the turmoil unleashed by the armed takeover of pro-Russian separatists in Mairupol. John Moore / Getty Images
    Molten steel is moved through the Metinvest Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. Rinat Akhmetov, the owner of the factory and richest man in Ukraine, has enlisted his 300,000 employees to end the turmoil unleashed by the armed takeover of pro-Russian separatists in Mairupol. John Moore / Getty Images
  • Inside the Metinvest Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol. Metinvest supplies more than 100 countries. John Moore / Getty Images
    Inside the Metinvest Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol. Metinvest supplies more than 100 countries. John Moore / Getty Images

Business

In pictures: Steel will keeps Metinvest factories running

Liz Claus

May 28, 2014

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Metinvest is one of the leading Ukrainian manufacturers of iron ore raw materials and hot-rolled plate. In November 2010, the company completed its merger with the ILyich Iron & Steel Works, which made it possible to double steelmaking production capacities to over 18.5 million tonnes annually.

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