KIEV, July 29 – Mariupol Illich Steel Works and Azovstal Steel Works, both part of Metinvest Group, have had to switch to a reduced regime of operation at some divisions due to problems with supplies of raw materials, Metinvest reported in the corporate newspaper Illichivets.

The company said that due to non-stop armed hostilities at the Anviyivka-Yasynuvata section (Donetsk region) the movement of cargo by Donetsk railways was interrupted and partially stopped, which caused a threat to delivery of raw materials to the two Mariupol steel works - Illich Steel Works and Azovstal.