Amurstal steel plant

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Amurstal steel plant (ООО Амурметалл-Литьё, Металлургический завод Амурсталь), also known as Amurmetall, ООО Amurmetall-Lite, is a steel plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk, Russia that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk, Russia:

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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.

n 2022-2023, Amurstal had no issues with scrap supply, leading to an increase in steel production from 744 TTPA in 2022 to 970 TTPA in 2023. The plant plans to continue expanding production in 2024-2026.

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.

As of October 2024, there have been no updates regarding the DRI project. With the scrap shortage issues resolved, the project is assumed to be cancelled.

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 744 TTPA, and in 2023 the plant was planning to keep it on the same level.

As of October 2024, there have been no updates on the EAF expansion. The project was not included in the plant's steel production strategy through 2026, which remains around 1,000 TTPA. Therefore, the project is presumed to be cancelled.

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Workforce size	Power source	Coal source
1935	1936	1942	2933	unknown	unknown

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Armada PJSC [100.0%]	5083579102 [100.0%]	E100000131146 [100.0%]	Amurstal LLC [100%]	5081151437	E100000131092 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Responsible steel	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	ingot, wire rod, rebar, bar, billet, round bar, wire	building and infrastructure	unknown	unknown	unknown	DRI; EAF

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	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
cancelled	850	850
mothballed	1000	1000
operating	1150	1150

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	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
cancelled	0	0

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

Year	EAF production	Other/unknown steel production	Total (all routes)
2019	927	–	927
2020	676	–	676
2021	unknown	unknown	–
2022	744	–	744
2023	970	–	970

Unit Details

Table 7: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Furnace type	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1)	cancelled	2019	not found	0

Table 8: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size (tonnes)
EAF 1	mothballed	–	1000	100.0
EAF 2	operating	–	1150	125.0
unknown EAF (1)	cancelled	2019	850	–

Table 9: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name	Scrap-based	% scrap	% DRI	% HBI
EAF 1	yes	100.00	–	–
EAF 2	yes	100.00	–	–
unknown EAF (1)	None	unknown	unknown	unknown

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