Balakovo Steel Plant
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Balakovo Steel Plant (Металлургический завод Балаково (Russian)), also known as Balakovo Metallurgical Plant; Mini-Mill Balakovo; Balakovo Steel Works JSC; MZ Balakovo, AO; Severstal Balakovo (predecessor); Severstal-Sortovoi Zavod Balakovo AO (predecessor), is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Bykov Otrog, Saratov, Russia.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Bykov Otrog, Saratov, Russia:
- Location: 2, Metallurgov shosse, Bykov Otrog, Balakovo district, Saratov Region, Russia, 413810
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 51.936009, 47.815910 (exact)
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Phase | Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | Operating[1] | 2013[1] | 2500[2][3] |
| Expansion | Announced[4][5][3][6] | 2024[4][7][8][6] | 2000[3] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Phase | Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | Novostal-M OOO [80.0%]; ABK Holding AS [10.0%]; Bemsilk Ltd [10.0%] | 5046391773 [80%]; unknown [10%]; unknown [10%] | E100000131027 [80%]; E100000131075 [10%]; E100000131160 [10%] | MZ Balakovo, AO[9] | E100000131126 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Phase | Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | semi-finished; finished rolled[10] | square billet; long products (rebar and rod) in bars and bunches, angle bars and channels[10] | building and infrastructure; transport[11][4] | 2022[12] | EAF[13] | 1 EAF; electric shaft arc furnace for melting scrap metal and high-quality steel[13] |
| Expansion | semi-finished; finished rolled[10] | blooms; beam blanks; beams; sheet piles; Z-profiles; rails (up to 150 m); a wide range of profiles[4] | building and infrastructure; transport[11][4] | – | EAF[4][6] | 1 EAF, vacuum section, a rolling mill, and its own logistics department[4] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Phase | Capacity operating status* | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | operating | 1200 TTPA[13][14] | 1200 TTPA[13][14] |
| Expansion | announced | 1500 TTPA[4][15][7][6] | 1500 TTPA[4][15][7][6] |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Phase | Capacity operating status* |
|---|---|
| Main plant | operating |
| Expansion | announced |
Table 6: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | >0 TTPA | >0 TTPA |
| 2021 | 1000 TTPA[14] | 1000 TTPA |
| 2022 | – | – |
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