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Joseph Campbell

Major Ukraine steel plant ramps back up - but Russian troops are close

A general view of the ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel factory, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the town of Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

A giant steel plant in Ukraine's central city of Kryvyi Rih is slowly resuming work, although the conflict in the country rages on, and Russian troops are only 60 kilometres (37 miles) away.

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih - not the large steel plant in Mariupol where fighters are holed up - began restarting one of its blast furnaces on April 9, after shutting down all four when the February invasion began.

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