VMK Red October steel plant
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VMK Red October steel plant (ВМК "Красный Октябрь", Волгоградский металлургический комбинат "Красный Октябрь"), also known as Volgograd Steel Works, Korporatsiya Krasny Oktyabr, AO, is a steel plant in Volgograd, Russia that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Volgograd, Russia:
- Location: Prospekt Imeni V.I. Lenina, 110, Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, 400007
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 48.754025, 44.561004 (exact)
Background
The plant was founded in 1897 under the name "Ural-Volga"; in 1898 the first open-hearth furnace was launched.[1] The enterprise included 9 open-hearth furnaces, sheet rolling, mechanical, foundry shops and other divisions. In 1922, the plant was renamed to "Red October". In the 1930s, a new open-hearth shop was added. In 1949, steel was produced in an electric arc furnace for the first time. After the collapse of the USSR, Red October steel plant changed several owners, survived the arbitration management procedure of 1998-1999 and bankruptcy in 2018.[2] The open-hearth shop does not appear to operate any more at this time.[3]
Ownership
In June 2023, the assets of the VMK Red October steel plant were was sold at a public auction for 2.52 billion rubles to AO Krasny Oktyabr Corporation. This marked the third auction for the sale of the plant's property complex, which had been declared bankrupt in November 2018. The first two auctions were reported as unsuccessful.[4]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1898[5] | 4000[6] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSL Group JSC | 5040039380 | E100000131158 | Krasnyi Oktyabr' Corporation JSC[7][8] | 5083165366 | E100002003628 |
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[9] | ingot, sheet, sections, bloom, billet, round bar, hot rolled[9] | energy, tools and machinery, transport[10] | 2023[11][9][12] | unknown[11] | unknown | EAF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 501[13] | 501[13] |
Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF production | Other/unknown steel production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 170[14] | –[14] | 170[14] |
| 2020 | 213[14] | –[14] | 213[14] |
| 2021 | >0 | >0 | – |
| 2022 | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2023 | unknown | unknown | – |
Unit Details
Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAF 1 | operating[13] | 188[13] | 130.0[13] |
| EAF 2 | operating[13] | 188[13] | 130.0[13] |
| EAF 3 | operating[13] | 125[13] | –[13] |
Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
| Unit name | Scrap-based | % scrap |
|---|---|---|
| EAF 1 | yes[15] | 100.00[10] |
| EAF 2 | yes[15] | 100.00[10] |
| EAF 3 | yes[15] | 100.00[10] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ "Красный Октябрь (Волгоград)". Wikipedia (in Russian). Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Производство стали (Steel Production)". Vmzko.ru. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "«Красный Октябрь» в Волгограде продали за 2,5 млрд (Russian)". Новости Волгограда. June 22, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Метзавод "Красный Октябрь" продал одноименную "дочку" в 10 раз дешевле начальной цены - Юг и Северный Кавказ". www.interfax-russia.ru. 2023-03-14. Archived from the original on 2024-09-26. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
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