Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant

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Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant (Алчевский металлургический комбинат (Russian)), also known as AMK, Alchevsk Iron & Steel plant, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Alchevsk, Luhansk, Ukraine.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Alchevsk, Luhansk, Ukraine:

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• Location: Schmidt St. 4, Alchevsk, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine, 94200
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 48.478111, 38.770787 (exact)

Background

Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant is located in the occupied Ukrainian territory, the Luhansk People's Republic. The plant is currently controlled by the Southern Mining and Metallurgical Complex (Russian: Южный горно-металлургический комплекс ЮГМК). Production levels are unknown. As of October 2024, three out of four blast furnaces and the two basic oxygen furnaces are operating.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase	Plant status	Start date	Retired date	Workforce size
Main plant	Operating	1896	–	10000
Main plant	Operating	1896	–	10000
Closure	Retired	–	1990	–

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase	Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company GEM ID
Main plant	ISD Corp	E100001012121	Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant Branch №1	E100001012119

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase	Steel product category	Steel products	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
Main plant	semi-finished; finished rolled	slabs; square billets; structural shapes	BF, BOF	coking plant (6 batteries); sinter plant (6 machines); 2 BOF; 4 BF
Main plant	semi-finished; finished rolled	slabs; square billets; structural shapes	BF, BOF	coking plant (6 batteries); sinter plant (6 machines); 2 BOF; 4 BF
Closure	semi-finished; finished rolled	slabs; square billets; structural shapes	BF	1 BF

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	5472 TTPA	5472 TTPA
Main plant	mothballed	–	–
Closure	retired	–	–

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Blast furnace capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	3504 TTPA	3504 TTPA
Main plant	mothballed	1816 TTPA	1816 TTPA
Closure	retired	920 TTPA	920 TTPA

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Phase	Sinter	Coke
Main plant	5400 TTPA	3840 TTPA
Main plant	5400 TTPA	3840 TTPA
Closure	–	–

Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year	BOF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	740 TTPA	740 TTPA
2021	>0 TTPA	>0 TTPA
2022	>0 TTPA	>0 TTPA

Table 8: Actual Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year	BF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	156 TTPA	156 TTPA
2021	>0 TTPA	>0 TTPA
2022	>0 TTPA	>0 TTPA

Blast Furnace Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Retired date	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology	Most recent relining
1	operating	unknown	unknown	1977	–	3000 m³	2591	unknown	2014
2	retired	unknown	unknown	1948-12	1990	930 m³	920	unknown	unknown
3	mothballed	unknown	unknown	1898	–	1386 m³	1734	unknown	unknown
4	mothballed	unknown	unknown	1945-04	–	1386 m³	82	unknown	2012-11
5	operating	unknown	unknown	1944-10	–	1719 m³	912	unknown	1984

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Resources

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