Ural Steel Metallurgical Plant

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Ural Steel Metallurgical Plant (Металлургический завод Уральская Сталь (Russian)), also known as Ural Steel JSC; Orsko-Khalilovsky Metallurgical Plant (predecessor); OHMK (predecessor); Novotroitsk Steel (predecessor); NOSTA (predecessor), is a basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Novotroitsk, Orenburg, Russia.

Location

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  • Location: 1, Zavodskaya St., Novotroitsk, Orenburg Region, Russia, 462353
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 51.214781, 58.353913 (exact)

Background

Initially, the plant was named the Orsko-Khalilovsky Metallurgical Plant (OHMK). Construction began in 1939. As with many other enterprises of that time, prison labor was used for the construction.[1] In 1955, the first crude iron was produced in the blast furnace No. 1.[1] In 1958, crude steel was first produced in the open-hearth furnace. Electric steelmaking was launched in 1981.[2] In 2013, the obsolete open-hearth production was closed.[1]

In 2019, EAF#1 and EAF#2 were modernized to use the FMF (Flexible Modular Furnace) technology, which allows for production of steel using a converter method without application of electrodes and consumption of electricity. The FMF furnace can use various raw material components (liquid and cold pig iron, hot-briquetted iron, scrap metal) with the possibility of increasing the proportion of liquid pig iron up to 85%. Among the advantages of this technology is the use of the energy from chemical reactions to melt a solid part of raw materials, which reduces energy consumption and minimizes production of waste gases.[3]

In April 2023, it was reported that the Ural Steel Metallurgical Plant was planning to increase production of steel by 2025 to 2400 TTPA as a result of upgrade of the EAF units and invest around RUB 7-10 billion into the project.[4][5]

In 2023, the Federal Antimonopoly Service initiated a case against Ural Steel plant for violating antimonopoly laws by artificially hiking prices of steel products.[6]

Environmental & safety violations

In 2020, as a result of an unplanned inspection numerous violations of the air quality laws, leading to administrative cases.[7]

On April 25, 2020, blast furnace gas leak caused death of three employees. A criminal case based on violations of safety regulations was opened.[8]

Ownership

After the collapse of the USSR, the enterprise passed into private ownership and was renamed to the Novotroitsk Steel (NOSTA); since 2002 the plant bears its current name, "Ural Steel". In 2006-2022, the plant was part of Metalloinvest.[1]

In March 2022, Metalloinvest sold the plant to AO Zagorskii Trubnyi Zavod.[9]

BOF expansion project

In 2018, there was a proposal to build a 3000 TTPA BOF but it doesn't seem to have actualized as of March 2022; this project is still considered proposed.[10]

As of October 2023, there have not been any updates about the expansion. The project is considered to be cancelled.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase Plant status Start date Retired date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source
Main plant Operating[11] 1955[11] – 15817[12] https://www.gem.wiki/Novotroitskaya_Ural_Steel_power_station[13][14] Mikhaylovskoye and Lebedinskoye iron ore fields[15]
Expansion Cancelled[16] –[16] 2023[16] – https://www.gem.wiki/Novotroitskaya_Ural_Steel_power_station[13][14] Mikhaylovskoye and Lebedinskoye iron ore fields[15]
Closure Retired[17] – 2022-05[17] – – –

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase Parent company Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Main plant Zagorskii Trubnyi Zavod JSC [100.0%] E100001000444 [100%] Ural'skaya Stal' AO[11][18][19] 4297197239 E100000130820

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
Main plant crude; semi-finished; finished rolled[11] pig iron; cast round and rectangular billet; flat products[11] building and infrastructure; transport[11] 2022[20] 2022[20] BF, EAF[11] coking plant (battery #6 (began in 2014)); sinter plant; EAF (# unknown, EAF#1 (began in 1981); EAF#2 (began in 2019, modernized in 2020); EAF#3 (began in 2019, modernized in 2020))[11][21][22][23][18][24][25][26]
Expansion crude; semi-finished; finished rolled[11] pig iron; cast round and rectangular billet; flat products[11] building and infrastructure; transport[11] – – BOF[16] New BOF proposed in 2018[16]
Closure crude; semi-finished; finished rolled[11] pig iron; cast round and rectangular billet; flat products[11] building and infrastructure; transport[11] – – BF[17] 1 BF[17]

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 – 2050 TTPA[18][27][28][29] 2050 TTPA[18][27][28][29]
Expansion cancelled 3000 TTPA[16] – 3000 TTPA[16]
Closure 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 3038 TTPA[30][25][31][24][32][33][30][25][31][24][32][33][34][30][25][31][24][32][35][36][33] 3038 TTPA[30][25][31][24][32][33][30][25][31][24][32][33][34][30][25][31][24][32][35][36][33]
Expansion cancelled – –
Closure retired 970 TTPA[37] 970 TTPA[37]

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

Phase Sinter Coke
Main plant 3200 TTPA[18] 1380 TTPA[18]
Expansion – –
Closure – –

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

Year EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020 1496 TTPA[38][27] 1496 TTPA[27]
2021 1500 TTPA[39][40] 1500 TTPA[39][40]
2022 1600 TTPA[41] 1600 TTPA[41]

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

Year BF Production Total (all routes)
2020 2302 TTPA[38][27] 2302 TTPA[27]
2021 2400 TTPA[39][40] 2400 TTPA[39][40]
2022 2500 TTPA[42] 2500 TTPA[42]

Blast Furnace Details

Table 9: 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[17] unknown 1953[17] 1955-03[18][26] 2022-05[17] – 1000 m³[18] 970[37] unknown 2012[17]
2 operating[11][21][22][23][18][24][25][26] unknown unknown 1958[43][24][32][22][44] – equipment supplier Danieli Corus[24] 1033 m³[18][24] 760[30][25][31][24][32][33] unknown 2020-12-30[45][43][24][22][44]
3 operating[11][21][22][23][18][24][25][26] unknown 2021-02[46][44] 1965[47][30][48][32] – equipment supplier Danieli Corus[11][21][22][23][18][24][25][26] 1514 m³[18][32] 1000[30][25][31][24][32][33] unknown 2021[45][49]
4 operating[11][21][22][23][18][24][25][26] unknown unknown 1973-11[14][34][50][32][35] – Soviet Union manufactured equipment[34] 2000 m³[18][24][25][26] 1278[34][30][25][31][24][32][35][36][33] unknown 2016-04-19[50][32][35]

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