[8] In October 2007, Metinvest became the first Ukrainian member of the World Steel Association (Worldsteel; formerly the International Iron and Steel Institute, or IISI) In November 2007, the group acquired 82.5% of Ingulets Iron Ore Mining and Processing Plant (Ingulets GOK, in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region), one of Ukraine's largest mining companies.

In July 2008, Metinvest acquired a 51% stake in NPO Incor & Co LLC (New York, Donetsk region), one of Europe's largest chemical producers.

[9] In September 2009, Metinvest became the first Ukrainian company to receive Climate Action certification from the World Steel Association.

[11] In July 2011, Metinvest acquired 50% of the steel business of Industrial Group, which operated Zaporizhstal PJSC (Zaporizhzhia), one of Europe's largest steelmaking companies.

[14] In May 2013, Metinvest acquired a 39.74% stake in Zaporizhneupor PJSC (Zaporizhzhia), Ukraine's largest producer of refractory products.

[15] In 2015, Metinvest established Metinvest-Promservice, a company specialising in maintenance and repair of equipment at all the group's steel assets and third-party organisations.

In March 2017, Metinvest reported that it had lost control over Yenakiieve Steel and its Makiivka branch, Yenakiieve Coke, Khartsyzsk Pipe, Komsomolskoye mining company, Krasnodon Coal PJSC, Donetsk Coke PJSC and Metalen LLC, a joint Ukrainian-Swiss venture, following its refusal to re-register these enterprises in the unrecognised Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR).

[23][24] In June 2020, Metinvest was ranked among the top 10 global steel companies by Sustainalytics, a leading provider of research, ratings and data on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

[32][33] In July 2021, Metinvest won the tender for the sale of the production complex of Dneprovskyi Iron Steel Works (DMK, Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region).

[38][39] In February 2022, Dniprovskyi Metallurgic Plant (DMK) and Dnipro Coke (DKHZ) merge under the name Kamet Steel.

[40][41] Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the group has suspended production at Ilyich Steel and Azovstal in Mariupol.

[42][43] During the first 100 days of the war, Metinvest spent more than UAH 1.5 billion to help the Ukrainian army, civilians and employees.

[46] In 2022, Metinvest and DTEK, in coordination with the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation, created the Saving Lives humanitarian project, which had already helped 85,000 Ukrainians as of June 2022.

[47] As of June 2022, Metinvest shareholder Rinat Akhmetov had donated €100 million to the Ukrainian Armed Forces and humanitarian aid to the population since the start of the Russian invasion.

[50] Metinvest Group is present in all major markets around the world, including Europe, the Middle East and Africa, North, Central and South America, and Asia.

[61] The group's facilities are located near major transport hubs and seaports, which gives additional advantages in supplying products to customers in Ukraine and elsewhere in the world.

In 2020, three Metinvest enterprises Ilyich Steel, Azovstal and Pokrovske Coal were among the top ten environmental polluters in Ukraine.

[68] To reduce the environmental impact in Mariupol, Metinvest decommissioned the open-hearth furnace production at Azovstal in 2011 and at Ilyich Steel in 2015.

In 2020, Metinvest completed the reconstruction of the sinter plant gas treatment facilities at Ilyich Steel at a cost of over $160 million.

The project, costing about $14 million, made it possible to achieve emission concentrations of up to 50 mg per cubic metre, which meets Ukrainian environmental standards.