Liberty Steel Dunaferr Dunaújváros steel plant

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Liberty Steel Dunaferr Dunaújváros steel plant, also known as Dunaferr Nagyolvasztó és Konverteres Acélgyártómű, Danube Ironworks (predecessor), ISD Dunaferr (predecessor), is a steel plant in Dunaújváros, Fejér, Hungary 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 Dunaújváros, Fejér, Hungary:

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  • Location: 2400 Dunaújváros, Vasmű tér 1-3, Hungary
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 46.945694, 18.93863 (exact)

Background

ISD Dunaferr steel was one of the biggest Hungarian steel plant employing around 4500 staff.[1] The plant has two blast furnaces with a combined capacity of 1.2 mtpa of pig iron, and two 135 ton basic oxygen furnaces with a total crude steel production capacity of 1.6 mtpa.[2]

In 2020, when the company struggled to maintain its production due to mismanagement and dispute between the owners, the company began cutting costs at the expense of its workers without consulting the trade union. The union protested after this, which was followed by the company suspending four union leaders on December 11, 2020.[3]

One of the blast furnaces was shut down in mid-2022, followed by close down of the second blast furnace on 16 September, 2022. According to the company, the immediate reason for the shut down was the unexpected refusal of Austria-based Donau Brennstoffkontor GmbH to supply raw coke.[4] In December 2022, Budapest municipal court put the plant into liquidation. The plant restarted blast furnace No. 2 in February 2023.[2]

In July 2023, Liberty Steel acquired the Dunaferr plant for €55 million.[2] On 20 September, 2023 Liberty Steel group and China's CISDI Engineering Co. formed a partnership in collaboration with the Hungarian Ministry of Economic Development, to prepare a decarbonisation pathway for the Dunaferr steel works. This will involve a shift from coal based steel production to Electric Arc Furnace technology by installing a furnace of 150t capacity, offsetting direct CO2 emissions by approximately 80%.[5]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
1954[6] 4500[7][8]

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[9] 5076098979 E100000130950

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[10] profile, cold rolled, coated, hot rolled[10] unknown[11] unknown[11] BF; BOF; EAF

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 Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced – 3000[12] 3000[12]
operating pre-retirement 1600[13] – 1600[13]

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 pre-retirement 660[14] 660[14]
retired 640[15] 640[15]

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

Sinter Coke Pellets
1000[16] 0[17] NF

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

Year BOF production Other/unknown steel production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown

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

Year BF production Other/unknown iron production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Retired date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
BF 1 retired[18][19] 1954[15] 2022-09[18] Siemens-Martin[20] 960.0[20] 640[15] unknown –
BF 2 mothballed pre-retirement[21][22][23] 1957[15] 2030[23] Siemens-Martin[20] 1033.0[20] 660[14] unknown 2016-08[24]

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) announced[23] 2023-09-20 2030[23] CISDI[23] 1500[12] 150.0[25][23]
unknown EAF (2) announced[12] 2024-08[12] 2030[23] CISDI[23] 1500[12] 150.0[23][25]

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % DRI % HBI % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) % basic/merchant pig iron % granulated pig iron % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated % other iron
unknown EAF (1) yes[26] >0[26] >0[26] 0[26] 0[26] 0[26] 0[26] 0[26] 0[26]
unknown EAF (2) yes[26] >0[26] >0[26] 0[26] 0[26] 0[26] 0[26] 0[26] –

Table 12: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Retired date Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
unknown BOF (1) operating pre-retirement[23] 2030[23] 800[13] 135.0 tonnes[16][27]
unknown BOF (2) operating pre-retirement[23] 2030[23] 800[13] 135.0 tonnes[16][27]

Articles and Resources

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References

  1. ↑ "Unacceptable dismissals of trade union leaders at ISD Dunaferr in Hungary". industriAll Europe. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Liberty Steel Wins Dunaferr Acquisition Bid | OilPrice.com". OilPrice.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  3. ↑ "Unacceptable dismissals of trade union leaders at ISD Dunaferr in Hungary". IndustriAll. 17 December, 2020. Retrieved 11 October, 2023. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)
  4. ↑ "Hungarian steel plant stops production". www.euractiv.com. 2022-09-19. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  5. ↑ "LIBERTY and CISDI to collaborate with the Hungarian Ministry of Economic Development on the decarbonisation of Dunaferr". Liberty Steel Group. 20 September, 2023. Retrieved 11 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 https://eurometal.net/liberty-to-install-two-eafs-in-transformation-of-dunaujvaros-mill-in-hungary/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240123003605/https://gmk.center/en/posts/isd-dunaferr-who-will-invest-in-the-hungarian-steel-industry/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  17. ↑ https://libertysteelgroup.com/hu/a-liberty-dunaujvaros-bezarja-kokszolo-kemenceit/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230209162459/https://gmk.center/en/news/one-of-dunaferrs-blast-furnaces-is-beyond-repair-argusmedia/. Archived from the original on 2023-02-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 https://www.viktormacha.com/vyhledavani/isd-dunaferr-4339.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240209185933/https://gmk.center/en/news/liberty-restarts-part-of-the-rolling-capacity-of-hungarian-dunaferr/. Archived from the original on 2024-02-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. ↑ https://gmk.center/en/news/conflict-between-liberty-steel-and-the-hungarian-government-escalates-due-to-dunaferr-downtime/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ↑ 23.00 23.01 23.02 23.03 23.04 23.05 23.06 23.07 23.08 23.09 23.10 23.11 23.12 https://web.archive.org/web/20240119030413/https://libertysteelgroup.com/liberty-and-cisdi-to-collaborate-with-the-hungarian-ministry-of-economic-development-on-the-decarbonisation-of-dunaferr/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  26. ↑ 26.00 26.01 26.02 26.03 26.04 26.05 26.06 26.07 26.08 26.09 26.10 26.11 26.12 26.13 26.14 26.15 26.16 https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/cisdi-receives-financial-backing-for-eaf-investment-at-liberty-dunajvaros-1351831.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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