Ukraine’s steelmaker, Metinvest, would cut the capacity utilization rate to 30% at its long products plant DMK and iron ore mine in the Kryvbas region in Kamianske, central Ukraine.

Metinvest expressed the factories would stop production as the military conflict in the region intensified. In order to protect personnel safety and plant equipment from damage in the war, Metinvest has previously closed its factories in Mariupol and Zaporizhzhia.

Currently, the company is considering reviving the coking plant in Avdiivka after the area was heavily bombarded with fire on March 13.