text: In August 1997, the plant was included in the list of enterprises of strategic importance for the economy and security of Ukraine.
  In 1998, for the first time, the plant was certified as a manufacturer of steel and semi-finished products from it (slabs and open-hearth ingots from carbon and carbon-manganese steel grades of normal and increased strength) according to the rules of the English Lloyd's Register.
  In August 2002, on the basis of the blast-furnace and open-hearth shops of the Donetsk Metallurgical Plant, the Donetskstal Metallurgical Plant PJSC was established. The company specializes in the production of:
  * foundry and pig iron
  * more than 100 varieties of carbon, structural, low-alloyed, alloyed ordinary quality, high-quality and high-quality steel grades
  * church bells made of non-ferrous high-quality alloy
  * steel electric-welded longitudinal pipes and metal furniture frames
  * slag-forming mixtures, granulated slag and building materials
  Slabs made of normal strength marine structural steel grades GL-A and GL-B are certified according to the rules of Deutsche Lloyd.
  In 2003, the church of St. Ignatius of Mariupol was built on the territory of the plant.
  The plant completed 2013 with a net profit of UAH 83.322 million.