ERG Baowu Rudny HBI plant

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ERG Baowu Rudny HBI plant is a steel plant in Rudnyi, Kostanay, Kazakhstan that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

The map below shows the approximate location of the plant in Rudnyi, Kostanay, Kazakhstan:

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• Location:
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 52.9775332, 63.1825737 (approximate)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date	Start date
2023	2026

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status	Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Partial	China Baowu Steel Group Co Ltd; Eurasian Resources Group SARL	5000039946; 5040253906	E100001000472; E100000000689	Eurasian Resources Group SARL; China Baowu Steel Group Co Ltd	5040253906; 5000039946	E100000000689; E100001000472

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel products	Main production equipment
HBI	DRI

Table 4: 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	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
announced	4000	4000

Unit Details

Table 5: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Current capacity (ttpa)
DRI 1	announced	2026	2000
DRI 2	announced	2028	2000

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