GFG Liberty Ostrava steel plant
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GFG Liberty Ostrava steel plant, also known as ArcelorMittal Ostrava a.s., is a steel plant in Ostrava-Kunčice, Moravia-Silesia, Czech Republic that operates blast furnace (BF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF), and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Ostrava-Kunčice, Moravia-Silesia, Czech Republic:
- 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.[1]
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.[2]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
Start date | Workforce size |
---|---|
1952[3] | 6000[4] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GFG Alliance Ltd | 5057811578 | E100001000556 | Liberty Steel Group[5] | 5076098979 | E100000130950 |
Table 3: Process and Products
Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Main production equipment |
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semi-finished, finished rolled[6][7] | wire rod, sections, strip, billet, slab, tube[8] | building and infrastructure, energy, tools and machinery, transport[9][10][11] | 2022[12] | 2022[12] | BF; BOF; EAF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Capacity operating status1 | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
---|---|---|---|
construction | – | 3500[13] | 3500[13] |
operating pre-retirement | 3600[14] | – | 3600[14] |
Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Capacity operating status1 | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
---|---|---|
mothballed | 2100[15] | 2100[15] |
retired | 1100[16] | 1100[16] |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Sinter | Coke |
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>0[3] | 1200[17] |
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 | unknown | unknown | – |
2021 | 2280[13] | –[13] | 2280[13] |
2022 | 1713[18][19] | –[18][19] | 1713[18][19] |
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 | unknown | unknown | – |
2021 | 1930[13] | –[13] | 1930[13] |
2022 | unknown | unknown | – |
Unit Details
Table 9: Blast Furnace Details
Unit name | Status | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current capacity (ttpa) | Decarbonization technology |
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BF 2 | mothballed[20][21][22] | 1952[23] | – | 1100[15] | unknown |
BF 3 | mothballed[20][21][22] | 1961[24] | MORAVSKÉ MONTÁŽE (parts/repairs)[25] | 1000[15] | unknown |
BF 4 | retired[13][26] | 1961[24] | MORAVSKÉ MONTÁŽE (parts/repairs)[25] | 1100[16] | unknown |
Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details
Unit name | Status | Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
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unknown EAF (1) | construction[13] | 2020-11[27] | 2022-07[27] | 2025[13] | Danieli Digimelter[27][28] | 1750[13] | 200.0[13][27] |
unknown EAF (2) | construction[13] | 2020-11[27] | 2022-07[27] | 2025[13] | Danieli Digimelter[27][28] | 1750[13] | 200.0[13][27] |
Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
Unit name | Scrap-based | % scrap | % DRI | % HBI | % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) |
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unknown EAF (1) | yes[13] | 40.00[29] | >0[29] | >0[29] | 60.00[29] |
unknown EAF (2) | yes[13] | 40.00[29] | >0[29] | >0[29] | 60.00[29] |
Table 12: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details
Unit name | Status | Retired date | Current capacity (ttpa) |
---|---|---|---|
unknown BOF (1) | operating pre-retirement[13][27] | 2025[30] | 900[14] |
unknown BOF (2) | operating pre-retirement[13][27] | 2025[30] | 900[14] |
unknown BOF (3) | operating pre-retirement[13][27] | 2025[30] | 900[14] |
unknown BOF (4) | operating pre-retirement[13][27] | 2025[30] | 900[14] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ Liberty takes over Romanian steel plant in Galati under global deal, Romania Insider, Jul. 2, 2019
- ↑ Liberty Steel to install two hybrid furnaces at Ostrava, Steel Orbis, Nov. 11, 2020
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