Eminyakeni emine ngemva komcimbi wayo wokuqala, imboni yensimbi ekhethekile endaweni ye-voestalpine e-Kapfenberg, e-Austria, isiphelile. Lesi sikhungo - okuhloswe ngaso ukukhiqiza minyaka yonke amathani angu-205,000 ensimbi ekhethekile, amanye awo okuzoba yimpushana yensimbi ye-AM - kuthiwa kumelela ingqophamlando yezobuchwepheshe ku-Voestalpine Group's High Performance Metals Division mayelana nedijithali nokusimama.

Lesi sikhungo sithatha indawo yesikhungo esikhona kakade se-voestalpine Böhler Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG e-Kapfenberg, futhi ngaphezu kwemikhiqizo yaso yensimbi evamile, sizokhiqiza izimpushana zensimbi Zokukhiqiza Okungeziwe. Izikhungo zokuqala sezivele zihlolwa.

Le phrojekthi iqhubekele phambili kulo lonke ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19, nakuba ukubambezeleka kokulethwa kwemishini ebalulekile kuholele ekuphothulweni kwephrojekthi kuhlehliswe isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-voestalpine ibala ukuthi ngenxa yezimo ezinzima zohlaka, izindleko kulindeleke ukuthi zikhuphuke cishe ngo-10% kuya ku-20% ngaphezu kokutshalwa kwezimali okuhleliwe kokuqala kwezigidi ezingu-350 zama-euro.

"Njengoba imboni iqala ukusebenza ekwindla ka-2022, ekuqaleni ngokusebenza okuhambisanayo kusetshenziswa isigayo sensimbi sikagesi esikhona, singahlinzeka amakhasimende ethu ngezimfanelo ezingcono kakhulu zempahla ukuze sandise ubuholi bethu bemakethe yomhlaba wonke ngamathuluzi nezinsimbi ezikhethekile," kusho uFranz Rotter, ilungu Lebhodi Lokuphatha le-voestalpine AG kanye neNhloko yoPhiko Lwezinsimbi Ezisebenza Kakhulu. "Ukubonga kwethu okusuka enhliziyweni kuya kubasebenzi bethu abazinikele esizeni abavumelana nezimo nobuchwepheshe obuningi obuzokwenza lokhu kuqalisa ngempumelelo kwenzeke."

"Isikhungo esisha sensimbi esikhethekile sizobeka izilinganiso ezintsha zomhlaba wonke ekuzinzeni nasekusebenziseni amandla," kwengeza u-Rotter. "Lokhu kwenza lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali kube yingxenye ebalulekile yesu lethu lokusimama."