Liberty Steel Dunaferr Dunaújváros steel plant

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ISD Dunaferr Dunaújváros steel plant, also known as Dunaferr Nagyolvasztó és Konverteres Acélgyártómű and Danube Ironworks (predecessor), is a 1600 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Dunaújváros, Fejér, Hungary.

Location

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  • Location: 2400 Dunaújváros, Vasmű tér 1-3, Hungary[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 46.945694, 18.938630 (exact)


Background

ISD Dunaferr steel was one of the biggest Hungarian steel plant employing around 4500 staff.[2] The plant has two blast furnaces with a combined capacity of 1.2 mtpa of pig iron, and two 135 ton basic oxygen furnaces with a total crude steel production capacity of 1.6 mtpa.[3]

In 2020, when the company struggled to maintain its production due to mismanagement and dispute between the owners, the company began cutting costs at the expense of its workers without consulting the trade union. The union protested after this, which was followed by the company suspending four union leaders on December 11, 2020.[4]

One of the blast furnaces was shut down in mid-2022, followed by close down of the second blast furnace on 16 September, 2022. According to the company, the immediate reason for the shut down was the unexpected refusal of Austria-based Donau Brennstoffkontor GmbH to supply raw coke.[5] In December 2022, Budapest municipal court put the plant into liquidation. The plant restarted blast furnace No. 2 in February 2023.[3]

In July 2023, Liberty Steel acquired the Dunaferr plant for €55 million.[3] On 20 September, 2023 Liberty Steel group and China's CISDI Engineering Co. formed a partnership in collaboration with the Hungarian Ministry of Economic Development, to prepare a decarbonisation pathway for the Dunaferr steel works. This will involve a shift from coal based steel production to Electric Arc Furnace technology by installing a furnace of 150t capacity, offsetting direct CO2 emissions by approximately 80%.[6]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
operating[7][8] 1954[9] 4500[10][8]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
ISD Dunaffer Dunai Vasmu Zrt [100%][11] 4297057468 [100%] ISD Dunaffer Dunai Vasmu Zrt[7] 4297057468

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[12] hot rolled, hot rolled pickled, cold rolled, coated, cold-formed bending steels (profiles)[12] 2020[13] 2020[13] blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF)[7] 2 BOF (2x135-tonne); sinter plant (began in 1955-1956)[7][14]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
1600 TTPA[7] 1600 TTPA

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
1300 TTPA[15] 1300 TTPA

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

Sinter Coke
1000 TTPA[14] 900 TTPA[16]


Blast Furnace Details

Table 7: Blast Furnace Details:

Unit name Status Start date Stop date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity
1 retired[17] 1954[17] September 2022[17] Siemens-Martin[18] 960 m³[18] 626 TTPA[15]
2 operating[17] 1957[17] Siemens-Martin[18] 1033 m³[18] 674 TTPA[15]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20211204171955/http://dunaferr.hu/isd-dunaferr-zrt. Archived from the original on 2021-12-04. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Unacceptable dismissals of trade union leaders at ISD Dunaferr in Hungary". industriAll Europe. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Liberty Steel Wins Dunaferr Acquisition Bid | OilPrice.com". OilPrice.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  4. "Unacceptable dismissals of trade union leaders at ISD Dunaferr in Hungary". IndustriAll. 17 December, 2020. Retrieved 11 October, 2023. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)
  5. "Hungarian steel plant stops production". www.euractiv.com. 2022-09-19. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  6. "LIBERTY and CISDI to collaborate with the Hungarian Ministry of Economic Development on the decarbonisation of Dunaferr". Liberty Steel Group. 20 September, 2023. Retrieved 11 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20211207084539/http://dunaferr.hu/acelgyartas. Archived from the original on 2021-12-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221030234918/https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/hungarian-steel-plant-stops-production/. Archived from the original on 2022-10-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20211231020722/http://dunaferr.hu/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20220205145501/https://news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/539. Archived from the original on 2022-02-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20220319162844/http://dunaferr.hu/en/isd-dunaferr-zrt. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211207073858/http://dunaferr.hu/aceltermekek. Archived from the original on 2021-12-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320170405/http://dunaferr.hu/en/integrated-management-system. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. 14.0 14.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319042908/http://dunaferr.hu/en/hot-metal-production. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20211203101858/http://dunaferr.hu/nyersvasgyartas. Archived from the original on 2021-12-03. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. https://web.archive.org/web/20220705101044/http://dunaferr.hu/kokszgyartas. Archived from the original on 2022-07-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20230209162459/https://gmk.center/en/news/one-of-dunaferrs-blast-furnaces-is-beyond-repair-argusmedia/. Archived from the original on 2023-02-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 https://www.viktormacha.com/vyhledavani/isd-dunaferr-4339.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Other resources


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Additional data

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