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HBIS GROUP Serbia Iron & Steel plant Belgrade, also known as HBIS Smederevo steel plant, Smederevo Ironworks Ltd., is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Smederevo, Podunavlje, Serbia.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Smederevo, Podunavlje, Serbia:

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  • Location: Radinac, Smederevo 11300, Serbia
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 44.606332, 20.970066 (exact)

Background

In August 2020, a protest was held by inhabitants of Smederevo, Serbia against the pollution from Hesteel Smederevo.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[2] 1964[3] 5200[4][5]
Operating[2] 1964[3] 5200[4][5]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Full HBIS Group Co Ltd [100.0%] 5000022648 [100%] E100000126011 [100%] HBIS Group Serbia Iron & Steel Beograd doo[5] 5059966725 E100000131053

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[6] hot rolled strip (flat patterned, slit, pickled, pickled slit strip), hot rolled sheet (flat, patterned, pickled sheet), cold rolled (coils, annealed stripe in coils, sheets, slit stripe in coils)[6] 2022[7] BF, BOF[8] 3 BOF; 4 sinter plants[8][9]
semi-finished; finished rolled[6] hot rolled strip (flat patterned, slit, pickled, pickled slit strip), hot rolled sheet (flat, patterned, pickled sheet), cold rolled (coils, annealed stripe in coils, sheets, slit stripe in coils)[6] 2022[7] BF, BOF[8] 3 BOF; 4 sinter plants[8][9]

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* Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 2200 TTPA[5][5][5] 2200 TTPA[5][5][5]
mothballed [5][5][5] [5][5][5]

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* Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating 1000 TTPA[10][10] 1000 TTPA[10][10]
mothballed 900 TTPA[10][10] 900 TTPA[10][10]

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

Sinter
>0 TTPA[9][11][12]
>0 TTPA[9][11][12]

Blast Furnace Details

Table 7: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
1 mothballed[12] unknown unknown 1971[8][9] 900[10] unknown 2005[13]
2 operating[5] unknown unknown 1987[8][9] 1000[10] unknown 2007[13]

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References

  1. Protest held in Serbia’s Smederevo against pollution from China-owned steelworks, Igor Todorovic, Balkan Green Energy News, Aug. 24, 2020
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211103081618/https://hbisserbia.rs/. Archived from the original on 03 November 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 (PDF) http://www.hbisserbia.rs/upload/prezentacije/Brosura%20General%20Info%2013%2001%202020%20ENG.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125235653/https://english.news.cn/20220108/7f269c36eb114330953b2664fa5bef91/c.html. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125062419/https://hbisserbia.rs/about-us/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220120111320/https://hbisserbia.rs/?link. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125235733/https://hbisserbia.rs/wp-content/uploads/ISO-14001_2015_eng.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220119164447/https://hbisserbia.rs/?link. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220516102342/https://hbisserbia.rs/wp-content/uploads/Brosura%20General%20Info%202021%2009%2010%20ENG.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 https://web.archive.org/web/20220709091915/https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2349076-hbis-serbia-to-idle-blast-furnace-one-at-smederevo. Archived from the original on 09 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 https://seenews.com/news/chinas-hbis-to-build-80-mln-sinter-line-at-serbian-steel-mill-662305. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125235457/https://gmk.center/en/news/hbis-serbia-will-continue-to-operate-one-of-the-two-blast-furnaces/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 https://hbisserbia.rs/?link=en%2Fmenu%2F3821%2Fsmederevo%2F. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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