GFG Liberty Ostrava steel plant

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GFG Liberty Ostrava steel plant, also known as ArcelorMittal Ostrava a.s., is a basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Ostrava-Kunčice, Moravia-Silesia, Czech Republic.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Ostrava-Kunčice, Moravia-Silesia, Czech Republic:

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• Location: Vratimovská 689/117, 719 00 Ostrava-Kunčice, Czech Republic
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 49.792139, 18.309875 (exact)

Background

Liberty Ostrava, previously owned by ArcelorMittal, was purchased by Liberty Steel in July 2019 along with six other steel plants including Liberty Galati.

Transition

In November 2020, GFG Liberty announced plans to install two new hybrid furnaces at GFG Liberty Ostrava. The plan includes replacing the plant's existing four tandem furnaces with two hybrid furnaces by 2023. GFG Liberty reports that the new furnaces will reduce dust emissions by 60 percent. They also report that once the 400kV power line is installed by 2025, carbon emissions will be reduced by more than 50 percent as the furnaces will be able to use 70 percent scrap, reducing the plant's reliance on imported coal and iron.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase	Plant status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Pre-retirement announcement date	Retired date	Workforce size
Main plant	Operating	–	–	1952	–	–	6000
Expansion	Construction	2020-11	2022-07	2025	–	–	–
Closure	Operating pre-retirement	–	–	–	2020-11	2025	–
Main plant	Operating	–	–	1952	–	–	6000

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase	Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Main plant	GFG Alliance Ltd [100.0%]	5057811578 [100%]	E100001000556 [100%]	Liberty Steel	5001068852	E100000130950

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase	Steel product category	Steel products	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
Main plant	semi-finished; finished rolled	billets; slabs; sections; wire rod; hot strip; tubes	2022	2022	BF, BOF	3 coking plants; 5 sinter plants; 4 tandem BOF furnaces
Expansion	semi-finished; finished rolled	billets; slabs; sections; wire rod; hot strip; tubes	–	–	EAF	2 EAF (200-tonne each, Danieli hybrid QONE power EAF)
Closure	semi-finished; finished rolled	billets; slabs; sections; wire rod; hot strip; tubes	–	–	BOF	4 tandem BOF furnaces
Main plant	semi-finished; finished rolled	billets; slabs; sections; wire rod; hot strip; tubes	2022	2022	BF, BOF	3 coking plants; 5 sinter plants; 4 tandem BOF furnaces

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	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	–	–	–
Expansion	construction	–	3500 TTPA	3500 TTPA
Closure	operating pre-retirement	3600 TTPA	–	3600 TTPA
Main plant	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	2100 TTPA	2100 TTPA
Expansion	construction	–	–
Closure	operating pre-retirement	–	–
Main plant	retired	1100 TTPA	1100 TTPA

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

Phase	Sinter	Coke
Main plant	>0 TTPA	1200 TTPA
Expansion	–	–
Closure	–	–
Main plant	>0 TTPA	1200 TTPA

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

Year	BOF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	–	–
2021	2280 TTPA	2280 TTPA
2022	1713 TTPA	1713 TTPA

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

Year	BF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	–	–
2021	1930 TTPA	1930 TTPA
2022	–	–

Blast Furnace Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology	Most recent relining
2	operating	unknown	unknown	1952	–	8 meters (hearth diameter)	1100	unknown	unknown
3	operating	unknown	unknown	1961	MORAVSKÉ MONTÁŽE (parts/repairs)	8 meters (hearth diameter)	1000	unknown	unknown
4	retired	unknown	unknown	1961	MORAVSKÉ MONTÁŽE (parts/repairs)	8 meters (hearth diameter)	1100	unknown	unknown

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