Amurstal steel plant

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Amurstal steel plant (Металлургический завод Амурсталь (Russian)), also known as Amurmetall; ООО Amurmetall-Lite, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk, Russia.

Location

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• Location: Vagonnaya Ulitsa 30, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Territory, Russia, 681000
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 50.563131, 136.976362 (exact)

Background

Scrap metal shortages

The Amurstal steel plant faced scrap metal shortages in late 2019, leading the plant to shut down. In April 2020, amid further scrap metal shortages during Covid-19, Amurstal announced that it would began sourcing HBI from Lebedinsky GOK to supplement scrap metal shortage.

EAF modernization and a proposed DRI facility

In May 2019, it was announced that the plant was intending to modernize its existing EAF shop with a goal of increasing annual production capacity to 3000 TTPA. Additionally, in order to combat the shortage of scrap metal that has been significantly affecting the plant's production, the company is planning to add a new DRI furnace to produce DRI in-house.

Modernization, which included overhaul of the main equipment, started in 2020 in the main production shops - section rolling and electric steelmaking. In 2022, Amurstal received a grant from the Foundation for Industrial Development of the Khabarovsk Krai, which allowed to resume and complete the project aimed at optimizing the technological process of the EAF steel production.

In March 2021, the DRI plant proposal was still included in the modernization: the section rolling shop was being reconstructed and modernized in preparation for DRI. As of October 2023, there have not been any updates about the DRI project and it was not mentioned in the Amurstal's new strategy of development. The plant is focusing on resolving the issue with scrap shortages.

Capacity uncertainty

In May 2019, it was announced that the plant was intending to modernize its existing EAF shop with a goal of increasing annual production capacity to 3000 TTPA. However, in March 2021, reports stated that due to scrap shortages, the plant was producing below existing capacity for several years, with 2020 production being only 676 TTPA, and its goal instead was to increase annual production to 925 TTPA. In 2022, the EAF production was 730 TTPA, and in 2023 the plant is planning to keep it on the same level.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase	Plant status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Workforce size
Main plant	Operating	1935	1936	1942	2933
Main plant	Operating	1935	1936	1942	2933
Expansion	Announced	2019	–	–	–

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase	Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Main plant	Armada, AO [100.0%]	E100000131146 [100%]	Amurstal' OOO	5081151437	E100000131092

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase	Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
Main plant	semi-finished; finished rolled	billet; wire rod; rebar; hexagonal bar; wire; round bar; ingots	building and infrastructure	EAF	2 EAFs
Main plant	semi-finished; finished rolled	billet; wire rod; rebar; hexagonal bar; wire; round bar; ingots	building and infrastructure	EAF	2 EAFs
Expansion	semi-finished; finished rolled	billet; wire rod; rebar; hexagonal bar; wire; round bar	building and infrastructure	DRI, EAF	Modernization of existing EAF; new DRI plant (capacity unknown)

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*	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	1150 TTPA	1150 TTPA
Main plant	mothballed	1000 TTPA	1000 TTPA
Expansion	announced	850 TTPA	850 TTPA

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*	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	–	–
Main plant	mothballed	–	–
Expansion	announced	>0 TTPA	>0 TTPA

Table 6: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year	EAF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	676 TTPA	676 TTPA
2021	–	–
2022	730 TTPA	730 TTPA

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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Resources

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