Baku Steel Company steel plant

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Baku Steel Company steel plant (Бакинский сталелитейный завод (Russian)) is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Baku, Narimanov, Azerbaijan.

Location

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  • Location: 15 Mir-Jalal (Darnagul), Narimanov district, Baku, Azerbaijan AZ1029
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 40.431360, 49.886867 (exact)

Background

The Baku steel plant started production in 2001 and is an important economic force in Azerbaijan.[1] The head of the company Rasim Mammadov was arrested in February 2021 over embezzlement charges and a new leader, Kamal Mirsahib oglu Ibrahim, stepped in shortly thereafter.[2][3][4]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[5][6] 2001[5] 1645[7]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Baku Steel Company MMJ[8] 5040196031 E100000131003

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
crude; semi-finished; finished rolled[9][10] billet; rebar; rolled wire; angle; channel; double T-iron; square; rod; round billet; seamless and spiral-seam pipes[9][10] building and infrastructure; energy; tools and machinery; transport[9][11] EAF[9] Scrap-based EAF; 70-tonne and 60-tonne EAF (2 EAFs)[9][12]

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.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1000 TTPA[9][9] 1000 TTPA[9][9]

Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020 242 TTPA[6] 242 TTPA
2021 286 TTPA[13][14] 286 TTPA
2022 362 TTPA[6] 362 TTPA

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References

  1. "History". Baku Steel Company.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Baku Steel Company Has New Leadership". Turan. March 9, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "What Is Background to Rasim Mammadov Case?". Turan. February 3, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Baku Steel Company appoints new director to replace Mammadov, who was arrested the day before » Metallurgprom". Metallurgprom. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211007061730/https://www.bakusteel.com/en/who-we-are/history/. Archived from the original on 07 October 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20231109155427/https://www.bakusteel.com/en/bscaiif22/. Archived from the original on 09 November 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20231109154631/https://www.bakusteel.com/az/baku-steel-company-bas-sehife/. Archived from the original on 09 November 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125062019/https://www.bakusteel.com/en/who-we-are/company-profile/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20211006101625/https://www.bakusteel.com/en/our-achievements/industry/. Archived from the original on 06 October 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319213935/https://haqqin.az/news/228653. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. https://www.bakusteel.com/en/baku-steel-company-realized-a-unique-project-for-the-region/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20211021090622/https://www.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/3500375.html. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. https://www.bakusteel.com/en/bsc-indicators/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. https://web.archive.org/web/20221021031120/http://interfax.az/view/870364. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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