Meanwhile Ireland continues to feed Russia's aluminium refining industry by exporting alumina to them. While their left spends all their time winging about a fake genocide in Gaza, and ignoring a real one in white, Christian, Ukraine.
Ukraine completely halted steel production for the first time in 100 years
Russian strikes put the country’s largest metallurgical enterprises out of operation.
In particular, Zaporizhstal halted operations indefinitely after four attacks in August and September. 17 missiles were launched at the plant: eight employees were killed, and another 31 were injured.
On September 25, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih announced the suspension of operations. The plant was unable to operate after five weeks of strikes. Five employees were killed there.
Before the full-scale war, metallurgy and mining accounted for about 10% of Ukraine’s GDP and a third of its exports. Hundreds of thousands of people worked in the industry and related sectors.
The closure of the plants will hit local budgets, for which taxes from metallurgical enterprises accounted for up to 30–70% of revenues.
The halt in production also creates problems for Ukraine’s defense and reconstruction. Steel is needed for military equipment, shelters, and the repair of destroyed buildings.
Damage to railways and ports is complicating the transportation and export of the remaining products.