Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant

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Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant (Алчевский металлургический комбинат, Алчевський МК (Ukranian), Алчевський металургійний комбінат, Алчевский МК), also known as AMK, Alchevsk Iron & Steel plant, is a steel plant in Alchevsk, Luhansk, Ukraine that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.

Location

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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.

Alchevsk Iron & Steel plant was nationalized by breakaway authorities and has been controlled by ZAO Vneshtorgservis since March 2017. In 2021, a new company was established by a Russian businessman Evgeny Yurchenko, Southern Mining And Processing Complex (Russian: "Южный горно-металлургический комплекс", ЮГМК), which absorbed all of the metallurgical plants belonging to ZAO Vneshtorgservis.

Since 2017, the plant has been operating intermittently, with deteriorated work conditions, including withholding of salaries.

As of November 2023, two blast furnaces appear to be operating. There are no updates on the status of the other two blast furnaces, which seem to have been mothballed since 2017.

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

Start date	Workforce size
1896	200

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Southern Mining and Metallurgical Complex LLC	5001424076	E100000130963	Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant PJSC [100%]	5000049750	E100001012119 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Responsible steel	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	shapes, slab, billet	unknown	unknown	unknown	BF; BOF

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

¹Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Capacity operating status1	Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating	5472	5472

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

¹Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Capacity operating status1	Blast furnace capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
mothballed	82	82
operating	5239	5239
retired	920	920

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

Sinter	Coke
5400	3840

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

Year	BOF production	Other/unknown steel production	Total (all routes)
2019	unknown	unknown	–
2020	740	–	740
2021	>0	>0	–
2022	>0	>0	–
2023	–	unknown	–

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

Year	BF production	Other/unknown iron production	Total (all routes)
2019	unknown	unknown	–
2020	156	–	156
2021	>0	>0	–
2022	>0	>0	–
2023	–	unknown	–

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Retired date	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology	Most recent relining
BF 1	operating	1977	–	3000.0 m3	2592	unknown	2014
BF 2	retired	1948	1990	930.0 m3	920	unknown	–
BF 3	operating	1898	–	1386.0 m3	1734	unknown	–
BF 4	mothballed	1945	–	1386.0 m3	82	unknown	2012-11
BF 5	operating	1944	–	1719.0 m3	913	unknown	1984

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Current capacity (ttpa)
BOF 1	operating	2736
BOF 2	operating	2736

Articles and Resources

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Resources

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