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 blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Dunaújváros, Fejér, Hungary.

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, 18.938630 (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

Phase Plant status Announced date Start date Pre-retirement announcement date Retired date Workforce size
Main plant Operating[6][7][8] – 1954[9] – – 4500[10][7]
Closure Operating pre-retirement[11] – – 2023-09-20[11] 2030[11] –[10][7]
Closure Operating pre-retirement[11] – – 2023-09-20[11] 2030[11] –[10][7]
Expansion Announced[11] 2023-09-20 2030[11] – – –[10][7]

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[12] 5001068852 E100000130950

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase Steel product category Steel products Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
Main plant semi-finished; finished rolled[13] hot rolled, hot rolled pickled, cold rolled, coated, cold-formed bending steels (profiles)[13] BF, BOF[9] 2 BOF (2x135-tonne); sinter plant (began in 1955-1956)[9]
Closure semi-finished; finished rolled[13] hot rolled, hot rolled pickled, cold rolled, coated, cold-formed bending steels (profiles)[13] BF, BOF[9] 2 BOF (2x135-tonne); sinter plant (began in 1955-1956)[9]
Closure semi-finished; finished rolled[13] hot rolled, hot rolled pickled, cold rolled, coated, cold-formed bending steels (profiles)[13] BF, BOF[9] 2 BOF (2x135-tonne); sinter plant (began in 1955-1956)[9]
Expansion semi-finished; finished rolled[13] hot rolled, hot rolled pickled, cold rolled, coated, cold-formed bending steels (profiles)[13] EAF[11] 1 EAF (150-tonne)[11]

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 – – –
Closure operating pre-retirement 1600 TTPA[14][14] – 1600 TTPA[14][14]
Closure retired –[14][14] – –[14][14]
Expansion announced – 1600 TTPA[11] 1600 TTPA[11]

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 – –
Closure operating pre-retirement 660 TTPA[15][16] 660 TTPA[15][16]
Closure retired 640 TTPA[15][16] 640 TTPA[15][16]
Expansion announced – –

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

Phase Sinter Coke
Main plant 1000 TTPA[17] 900 TTPA[18]
Closure 1000 TTPA[11] 900 TTPA[11]
Closure 1000 TTPA[11] 900 TTPA[11]
Expansion –[17] –[19]

Blast Furnace Details

Table 7: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Retired date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
1 retired[20][8] unknown unknown 1954[15] 2022-09[20] Siemens-Martin[21] 960 m³[21] 640[15] unknown unknown
2 operating pre-retirement[11][22] unknown unknown 1957[15] 2030[11] Siemens-Martin[21] 1033 m³[21] 660[16] unknown 2016-08[23]

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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)
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211207084539/http://dunaferr.hu/acelgyartas. Archived from the original on 07 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20221030234918/https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/hungarian-steel-plant-stops-production/. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240123000000/https://gmk.center/en/news/liberty-steel-to-stop-production-at-dunaferr-for-three-months/. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20240123000739/https://libertysteelgroup.com/hu/. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220205145501/https://news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/539. Archived from the original on 05 February 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 11.17 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 19 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Liberty-Steel-Wins-Dunaferr-Acquisition-Bid.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20240123001222/https://libertysteelgroup.com/hu/products/?lang=en. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 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 23 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20211203101858/http://dunaferr.hu/nyersvasgyartas. Archived from the original on 03 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240123002820/https://eurometal.net/2023/08/10/. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319042908/http://dunaferr.hu/en/hot-metal-production. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240123001152/https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/atoms/files/myb3-2016-hu.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220705101044/http://dunaferr.hu/kokszgyartas. Archived from the original on 05 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 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 09 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 https://www.viktormacha.com/vyhledavani/isd-dunaferr-4339.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. ↑ 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 09 February 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ↑ https://www.kallanish.com/en/news/steel/market-reports/article-details/dunaferr-restarts-revamped-bf-0816/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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