Plant Can’t Mine because It Can’t Ship: Russia’s Attacks on Merchant Vessels Idle 4,480 Workers at Ukrainian Iron Ore Giant

Ukraine's Pivdenny ore plant curtails ops amid enemy attacks on merchant ships

Pivdenny Mining and Processing Plant (Southern Mining, Kryvy Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region) has begun suspending mining operations and temporarily scaling back production due to Russian attacks on vessels in the Black Sea, while expressing hope that operations can resume in August, the company said on its website.

Plant can’t mine because it can’t ship: Russia’s attacks on merchant vessels idle 4,480 workers at Ukrainian iron ore giant

Russia's strikes on cargo ships have now shut down an iron ore giant. Pivdennyi Mining and Processing Plant (Pivdennyi GZK) has announced it has begun suspending mining and temporarily curtailing operations due to ongoing Russian attacks on civilian merchant ships bound for Ukraine's Black Sea ports. The plant cannot mine because it cannot ship. Russia's strikes on merchant vessels have effectively blocked the ports through which Pivdennyi GZK e…