Ecolant steel plant

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Ecolant steel plant (Металлургический завод Эколант) is a steel plant in Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod, 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 Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia:

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• Location: Prommikrorayon, 7, Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 55.286989, 42.169516 (exact)

Background

As of December 2025, the construction is in progress. At the beginning of 2022, Danieli (Italy) and Primetals Technologies (Austria) were mentioned as equipment providers for the project. It was mentioned in the media that the representatives and branches of these companies continued to operate in Russia, and no information about their withdrawal from the project had been found. The main consumer of the products manufactured at the enterprise will be the structures of the United Metallurgical Company (OMK). For example, the OMK Vyksa Casting and Rolling Complex, will produce large-diameter pipes and railway wheels from thick slabs manufactured at the new enterprise.

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Workforce size
2021	2022-02	2026	700

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent GEM entity ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner GEM entity ID
Ekoinvest LLC [45.6%]; Lanafinans LLC [45.6%]; Oninvest LLC [4.8%]; small shareholder(s) [4.0%]	unknown [45.6%]; unknown [45.6%]; unknown [4.8%]; not applicable [4.0%]	E100002003654 [45.6%]; E100002003655 [45.6%]; E100002003653 [4.8%]; E100001015587 [4.0%]	Ecolant LLC [100%]	unknown	E100000131130 [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	slab, billet	building and infrastructure, energy, transport	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)
construction	1800	1800

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)
construction	2500	2500

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

Ferronickel	Sinter	Coke	Pellets
NF	NF	NF	NF

Unit Details

Table 7: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Furnace type	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1)	construction	2021	2022	2026	Danieli; Primetals Technologies Energiron	shaft furnace	2500

Table 8: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details

Unit name	Current or initial reductant
unknown DRI (1)	gas

Table 9: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)	construction	2021	2022	2026	Danieli	1800	180.0

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name	Scrap-based	% scrap	% DRI
unknown EAF (1)	no	0	100.00

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Resources

• https://omk.ru/company/about/ Company website
• Wikipedia