ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region) has opened its new steel products warehouse in Dnipro.

The company said in a press release last week that from its new, eighth storage facility in Ukraine. The company plans to ship over 3,000 tonnes of steel products per month.

The own warehouse of the plant in Dnipro has all the range of steel products which ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih produces.

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih has opened a new warehouse in central region of Ukraine in accordance with its strategy to develop its own distributing network that the plant started to implement in 2013. The new storage facility holds up to 10,000 tonnes of steel products and occupies the area of 7,000 sqare meters. It is located on the outdoor and indoor sites. The warehouse in Dnipro possesses a railroad spur and the possibility of trucking services.

"We are not stopping; this is testified by opening of new warehouse in Dnipro. In 2013 we started to develop the warehouse distribution network, as of now we possess eight warehouses, which are capable to ensure the availability of plant’s products in all large regions of Ukraine. Dnipro is the center of steel trade in Ukraine thanks to the favorable location and developed transport infrastructure, thus the presence of warehousing base is a strategic priority for ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih," Acting CMO of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih Anastasia Tatarulieva said.

"All the main steel market players are located in Dnipro, we should not be exclusion. Our distribution model is simple: each warehouse is oriented to each region and it excludes the delay of delivery of products to client due to logistic problems. At that, the warehouse in Dnipro will also execute the function of logistic center for separate districts of central, northern and eastern Ukraine," she said.