ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih wins case on environmental damage worth Hr 72 million

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih has won the case on the damage to the environment exceeding Hr 72 million at the Higher Economic Court of Ukraine against the prosecutor’s office of Dnipropetrovsk region, acting in the interests of the state in the person of the State Ecological Inspectorate in Dnipropetrovsk region.

“The Higher Economic Court of Ukraine made a ruling, satisfying the cassation appeal of PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih in full. The decision of the Dnipropetrovsk Economic Court of Appeals has been overturned, while the ruling of the Economic Court of Dnipropetrovsk region remained unchanged. The latter refused the prosecutor’s office the claim for the recovery of Hr 72.699 million from ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih for the damage caused to the state due to the violation of environmental legislation requirements,” the report reads.

As reported, the Dnipropetrovsk Economic Court of Appeals upheld the appeal of the prosecutor’s office of Dnipropetrovsk region in the interests of the state in the face of the State Ecological Inspectorate in Dnipropetrovsk region, according to which more than Hr 72 million is recovered from ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih.