KIEV, Dec. 28 - Azovelektrostal (Mariupol, Donetsk region), part of Azovmashinvest Holding, in the framework of commissioning works on the launch of the main equipment after a year of inactivity has conducted test smelting in the DSP-25 furnace, making the first three of the twelve parts ordered by ArcelorMittal Algeria.

"According to the production plan for December, the manufacture of the most massive and the most difficult article - a 5.4 m diameter cone - is scheduled for December 27-28," the press service said citing director general of the plant Oleksiy Popov.