Nadezhdinski Metallurgical Plant (Металлургический завод им. А. К. Серова (predecessor), Серовский металлургический завод (predecessor), Надеждинский металлургический завод, УМК-Сталь, НМЗ), also known as Serov A. K. Iron & Steel (predecessor), NMZ, UMK-Steel, UMK-Stal, is a steel plant in Serov, Sverdlovsk, Russia that operates blast furnace (BF) and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Initially, the plant produced rails for the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and was named Nadezhdinsky in honor of Nadezhda Polovtseva, the owner of the Bogoslovsky mining district and the wife of State Secretary Alexander Polovtsev, on whose initiative the enterprise was built. The first steel was produced in 1896; by this time, blast-furnace, open-hearth and rolling mill production facilities were built at the plant. In the same year, its own blast-furnace crude iron production was launched and the first batch of rails was rolled.[1] During World War I, the plant produced a range of weapons, among other products. Since 1939, the Nadezhdinsky Metallurgical Plant has been renamed into Serovsky; the old name was returned to the plant in 2016.[1] In 2007, the open-hearth production was closed and the plant fully transitioned to electric steelmaking with a use of scrap metal and crude iron as the feed.[2]
Ownership
Since 2000, NMZ has been part of the UMMC-Steel OOO (Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company - UMMC).[1] In August 2022, UMMC-Steel (UGMK-Stal) officially registered a new name for the limited liability company, changing it to "UMC-Steel" (UGM-Stal). According to the company, these changes mark the logical conclusion of the rebranding of their black metallurgical division, which had been operating as an independent organization while maintaining its partnership with UMMC. The company had registered its trademark in 2019. From a legal and organizational perspective, this renaming does not imply any significant changes. All existing contracts and agreements previously made by the company remain legally valid. UMC-Steel continues to operate with two plants, namely, Nadezhdinski Metallurgical Plant and Tyumen Electrosteel plant. The company produces over 1 million tons of metal products annually for the machinery, oil and gas, and construction industries.[3] According to the company's 2022 Annual Report, UMC-Steel owns 83.75% of the plant's stock.[4]
Environmental & safety violations
In 2024, the Ural Department of the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision (Rostekhnadzor) identified safety violations in leu of an investigation into a serious accident causing injury that occurred on November 5, 2023, involving a hot metal cutter at the rolling shop.[5] The plant was held liable for an administrative offense.
In 2021, 10 violations of environmental legislation were registered.[6]
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