Yenakiieve Metallurgical Plant

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Yenakiieve Metallurgical Plant (Єнакієвський металургійний завод (Ukranian), ПАТ "ЄМЗ", Енакиевский металлургический завод), also known as EMZ, Yenakieve Iron and Steel Works, PJSC, Enakiieve Steel, Enakievo Iron & Steel, is a steel plant in Yenakiieve, Donetsk, Ukraine that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Yenakiieve, Donetsk, Ukraine:

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• Location: Metallurgov Ave, 9, Yenakijeve, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, 86402
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 48.220502, 38.228626 (exact)

Background

Metinvest Group lost control over its entities and property of Yenakiieve Iron & Steel Works in the non-controlled territory of Ukraine on March 15, 2017. The plant was then being operated illegally by unidentified people, according to Metinvest Holdings. The plant was owned and operated by Vneshtorgservis ZAO, which belongs to the breakaway authorities of Donbass. In 2021, a new company was established by a Russian businessman Evgeny Yurchenko, Southern Mining And Processing Complex (Russian: "Южный горно-металлургический комплекс", ЮГМК), which absorbed all of the metallurgical plants belonging to ZAO Vneshtorgservis.

Operating status & workers' resignations

In 2021, production at the plant was halted in February and (partially) resumed in September. According to media reports, as of May 19, 2021 the plant has not been operating for 2 months and is preparing for bankruptcy; Vneshtorgservis was not paying for the raw materials supplied from the Russian Federation and the workers were not receiving wages. According to another source, in 2020 approximately 1,200 people quit their jobs, with the main cause being the reduction in production in 2020 and the suspension of the plant in March of 2021, as well as significant wage arrears.

As of November 2023, it appears that two Basic Oxygen Furnaces (BOF) out of the three, BOF №1 & №2, and one BF out of the two, BF №3 are operating. BF №5 was to complete reconstruction works and start operating in the beginning of 2022, however, no supportive evidence has been found.

As of November 2024, the two blast furnaces appear to be operating. The two out of three blast furnaces seem to be operating as well.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Workforce size
1895	5000

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status	Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Full	Yenakiieve Metallurgical Plant Branch PJSC [100.0%]	unknown [100.0%]	E100001012191 [100.0%]	Yenakiieve Metallurgical Plant Branch PJSC [100%]	unknown	E100001012191 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	wire rod, rebar, billet, channel, angle, beam	BF; BOF

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

¹Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Capacity operating status1	Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
mothballed	1100	1100
operating	2200	2200

Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

¹Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Capacity operating status1	Blast furnace capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating	2364	2364

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

Sinter
2000

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

Year	BOF production	Other/unknown steel production	Total (all routes)
2019	1446	–	1446
2020	677	–	677
2021	>0	>0	–
2022	>0	>0	–
2023	–	>0	–

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

Year	BF production	Other/unknown iron production
2019	unknown	unknown
2020	unknown	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown
2022	>0	>0
2023	–	–

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology
BF 3	operating	2008	Kalugin Shaftless Stove (KSS)	1719.0 m3	1314	unknown
BF 5	operating	2007	Kalugin Shaftless Stove (KSS)	1513.0 m3	1050	unknown

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Current capacity (ttpa)
BOF 1	operating	1100
BOF 2	operating	1100
BOF 3	mothballed	1100

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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Resources

• https://emz.metinvestholding.com/en Company website
• Wikipedia