Ecolant steel plant

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Ecolant steel plant (Металлургический завод Эколант (Russian)), also known as OMK Vyksa, is a direct reduced iron-electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) steel plant under construction in Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

Location

The map below shows the approximate location of the plant in Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia:

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  • Location: Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 55.323946, 42.150702 (approximate)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Construction date Start date Workforce size
Construction[1][2][3] 2022[4][5] 2025[6][1][7][8][3][9] 700[10][9]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Owner Owner company GEM ID
OOO Ecolant[11][2][2][12] E100000131130

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished[13][1] slab; round billet[13][1] building and infrastructure; energy; transport[13][1] DRI, EAF[1] A DRI unit based on ENERGIRON technology, a system for feeding hot pellets into an EAF, a 1.8 mt EAF (180-ton) , a ladle furnace, a vacuum degasser, a gas cleaning system and a continuous casting machine; supplied by Italian engineering company Danieli[1][4]

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)
construction 1800 TTPA[14][8][15][16] 1800 TTPA[14][8][15][16]

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.
Capacity operating status* Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
construction 2500 TTPA[17] 2500 TTPA[17]

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