18:29 11.05.2016

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih head notes improvement of business climate in Ukraine after Maidan, forecasts long way to success

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KYIV. May 11 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Director General of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region) Paramjit Kahlon has noted improvement of the business climate in Ukraine after the Revolution of Dignity, however he forecasts a long way to success.

"A lot of things have happened after Maidan. And a lot of positive changes. But I see a long way of changes," he said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine in Kyiv.

According to the top manager, the issues of corruption and business remain, but they are no longer in "the shadows." At the same time, he stressed "now it is easier to breathe in Ukraine".

Kahlon noted ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih is the best and strongest partner of Kryvy Rih and the state as a whole, investing significant funds both in the enterprise and the social sphere.

According to a press release distributed at the press conference, number one priority for both ArcelorMittal and ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih is labor protection and creation of safe working conditions for their employees. In 2015 PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih invested UAH 252 million in labor protection and industrial safety measures (in 2014 the figure was UAH 251.8 million).

Last year ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih invested UAH 105.67 million in implementation of 356 technical measures aimed at improving working conditions, prevention of occupational injuries and diseases, as well as improving the level of professorial safety.

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