• The Ilich plant is owned by Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, whose decision to send his workers to help chase away rebels was one of the first important signs that Kiev had a chance of reasserting control over rebel territory. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    The Ilich plant is owned by Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, whose decision to send his workers to help chase away rebels was one of the first important signs that Kiev had a chance of reasserting control over rebel territory. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
  • The Ilyich steelworks is a 15-kilometre maze of production facilities, pipes, roads and railway tracks with a workforce of 27,000. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    The Ilyich steelworks is a 15-kilometre maze of production facilities, pipes, roads and railway tracks with a workforce of 27,000. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
  • The Ilich plant is an economic lifeline for the entire region. Metinvest is Ukraine's largest steelmaker and in 2013 the Ilyich plant accounted for 41 per cent of the company's total crude steel production. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    The Ilich plant is an economic lifeline for the entire region. Metinvest is Ukraine's largest steelmaker and in 2013 the Ilyich plant accounted for 41 per cent of the company's total crude steel production. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
  • A steelworker operates machinery at the Ilich iron and steel plant in the southern coastal town of Mariupol. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    A steelworker operates machinery at the Ilich iron and steel plant in the southern coastal town of Mariupol. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
  • A steelworker makes measurements of a steel billet at the Ilich iron and steel plant. Other Metinvest plants in the Donbas region have been shut because of the conflict. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    A steelworker makes measurements of a steel billet at the Ilich iron and steel plant. Other Metinvest plants in the Donbas region have been shut because of the conflict. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
  • The Ilich plant is owned by Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, whose decision to send his workers to help chase away rebels was one of the first important signs that Kiev had a chance of reasserting control over rebel territory. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    The Ilich plant is owned by Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, whose decision to send his workers to help chase away rebels was one of the first important signs that Kiev had a chance of reasserting control over rebel territory. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
  • A steelworker operates machinery at the Ilich iron and steel plant in the southern coastal town of Mariupol. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    A steelworker operates machinery at the Ilich iron and steel plant in the southern coastal town of Mariupol. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
  • The Ilyich steelworks is a 15-kilometre maze of production facilities, pipes, roads and railway tracks with a workforce of 27,000. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    The Ilyich steelworks is a 15-kilometre maze of production facilities, pipes, roads and railway tracks with a workforce of 27,000. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
  • Metinvest stopped accepting new orders from buyers in May due to the crisis and halted its output at plants including Yenakiyieve Steel. Above, a steelworker operates machinery at the Ilich iron and steel plant in the southern coastal town of Mariupol. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    Metinvest stopped accepting new orders from buyers in May due to the crisis and halted its output at plants including Yenakiyieve Steel. Above, a steelworker operates machinery at the Ilich iron and steel plant in the southern coastal town of Mariupol. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
  • The Ilich plant is owned by Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, whose decision to send his workers to help chase away rebels was one of the first important signs that Kiev had a chance of reasserting control over rebel territory. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    The Ilich plant is owned by Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, whose decision to send his workers to help chase away rebels was one of the first important signs that Kiev had a chance of reasserting control over rebel territory. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
  • The Ilich plant is owned by Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, whose decision to send his workers to help chase away rebels was one of the first important signs that Kiev had a chance of reasserting control over rebel territory. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    The Ilich plant is owned by Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, whose decision to send his workers to help chase away rebels was one of the first important signs that Kiev had a chance of reasserting control over rebel territory. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters

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In pictures: Steely resolve amidst Ukraine’s crisis

Liz Claus

September 03, 2014

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Men from the Ilyich iron and steel works continue to pour molten steel and run the rolling mill despite the Ukrainian war against pro-Russian rebels being just over the hills of Mariupol.

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