Ural Steel Metallurgical Plant
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Ural Steel Metallurgical Plant (Новотроицкая сталь (predecessor), НОСТА (predecessor), Металлургический завод Уральская Сталь, Орско-Халиловский металлургический комбинат (predecessor), ОХМК (predecessor)), also known as NOSTA (predecessor), Orsko-Khalilovsky Metallurgical Plant (predecessor), OHMK (predecessor), Novotroitsk Steel (predecessor), Ural Steel JSC, is a steel plant in Novotroitsk, Orenburg, Russia 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 Novotroitsk, Orenburg, Russia:
- 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
Start date | Workforce size | Power source | Iron ore source |
---|---|---|---|
1955[11] | 9000[12] | https://www.gem.wiki/Novotroitskaya_Ural_Steel_power_station[13][14] | Mikhaylovskoye and Lebedinskoye iron ore fields[15] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zagorskii Trubnyi Zavod JSC [100.0%] | 5082355818 [100.0%] | E100001000444 [100.0%] | Uralskaya Stal JSC [100%][16][17][11] | 4297197239 | E100000130820 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Responsible steel | Main production equipment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
crude, semi-finished, finished rolled[11] | billet, pig iron, flat[11] | building and infrastructure, transport[11] | 2022[18] | 2022[18] | unknown | 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) |
---|---|---|---|
cancelled | 3000[19] | – | 3000[19] |
operating | – | 2050[20] | 2050[20] |
Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Capacity operating status1 | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
---|---|---|
operating | 3038[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] | 3038[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] |
retired | 970[30] | 970[30] |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Ferronickel | Sinter | Coke | Pellets |
---|---|---|---|
NF | 2300[31] | 1400[31] | NF |
Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year | EAF production | Other/unknown steel production | Total (all routes) |
---|---|---|---|
2019 | 1408[32][33] | –[32][33] | 1408[32][33] |
2020 | 1496[32][33] | –[32][33] | 1496[32][33] |
2021 | 1500[34][35] | –[34][35] | 1500[34][35] |
2022 | 1600[36] | –[36] | 1600[36] |
2023 | –[37] | 1500[37] | 1500[37] |
Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year | BF production | Other/unknown iron production | Total (all routes) |
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2019 | 2749[32][33] | –[32][33] | 2749[32][33] |
2020 | 2302[32][33] | –[32][33] | 2302[32][33] |
2021 | 2400[34][35] | –[34][35] | 2400[34][35] |
2022 | 2500[38] | –[38] | 2500[38] |
2023 | –[37] | 2700[37] | 2700[37] |
Unit Details
Table 9: Blast Furnace Details
Unit name | Status | Construction date | Start date | Retired date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current size | Current capacity (ttpa) | Decarbonization technology | Most recent relining |
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BF 1 | retired[39] | 1953[39] | 1955[40][17] | 2022-05[39] | – | 1000.0 m3[17] | 970[30] | unknown | 2012[39] |
BF 2 | operating[28][40][41][17][42][11][43][26] | – | 1958[21][28][44][41][45] | – | equipment supplier Danieli Corus[28] | 1232.0 m3[46] | 760[21][28][22][27][23][26] | unknown | 2020-12-30[47] |
BF 3 | operating[28][40][41][17][42][11][43][26] | 2021-02[48][45] | 1965[49][21][50][27] | – | equipment supplier Danieli Corus[28][40][41][17][42][11][43][26] | 1648.0 m3[46] | 1000[21][28][22][27][23][26] | unknown | 2021[51] |
BF 4 | operating[28][40][41][17][42][11][43][26] | – | 1973[21][29][13][52][25] | – | Soviet Union manufactured equipment[25] | 2015.0 m3[46] | 1278[21][29][28][22][24][27][23][25][26] | unknown | 2016-04-19[53] |
Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details
Unit name | Status | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
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EAF 1 | operating[20] | 2019[17] | Tenova[17] | 1025[20] | 120.0[46] |
EAF 2 | operating[28][20][17] | 2019[17] | Tenova[17] | 1025[20] | 120.0[46] |
Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
Unit name | Scrap-based | % scrap | % HBI | % basic/merchant pig iron | % granulated pig iron | % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated | % other iron |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EAF 1 | yes[42] | >0[42] | unknown | >0[42][54] | unknown | unknown | unknown |
EAF 2 | yes[42] | >0[42] | unknown | >0[42][54] | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Table 12: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details
Unit name | Status | Retired date | Current capacity (ttpa) |
---|---|---|---|
unknown BOF (1) | cancelled[19] | 2023 | 3000[19] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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