JSC Moldova Steel Works
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JSC Moldova Steel Works (ММЗ, ОАО МОЛДАВСКИЙ МЕТАЛЛУРГИЧЕСКИЙ ЗАВОД), also known as MMZ, MSW, UMM, Moldova Metallurgical Plant, is a steel plant in Rybnitsa, Stînga Nistrului, Moldova that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Rybnitsa, Stînga Nistrului, Moldova:
- Location: 1 Industrialnaya Street, Rybnitsa, Moldova 5500
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 47.783771, 29.02835 (exact)
Background
JSC Moldova Steel Works is one of three steel plants built by the USSR in the mid 1980s.[1] Production at the JSC Moldova Steel Works plant is scrap-based.[2]
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Construction date | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| 1981-08[3] | 1985[3] | 2500[4] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| State-owned entity status | Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent GEM entity ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner GEM entity ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Moldova Steel Works JSC [100.0%] | 4296041033 [100.0%] | E100000130762 [100.0%] | Moldova Steel Works JSC [100%][3] | 4296041033 | E100000130762 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished, finished rolled[5] | billet, wire rod, rebar[5] | 2023-04-23[6] | no[7][6] | EAF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| mothballed | 1000[3] | 1000[3] |
Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF production | Other/unknown steel production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2020 | 465[8] | unknown[8] | 465[8] |
| 2021 | 570[8] | unknown[8] | 570[8] |
| 2022 | 560[8] | unknown[8] | 560[8] |
| 2023 | 500[8] | –[8] | 500[8] |
| 2024 | 400[8] | –[8] | 400[8] |
Unit Details
Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | mothballed[9][10] | 1984[3] | Danieli[11] | 1000[3] | 140.0[3] |
Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
| Unit name | Scrap-based | % scrap | % DRI | % HBI | % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) | % basic/merchant pig iron | % granulated pig iron | % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated) | % other iron |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | yes[12] | >0[13][12] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
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References
- ↑ About, JSC Moldova Steel Works, Retrieved on: Jun. 12, 2020
- ↑ "Presentation". AOMMZ. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20240123182419/https://www.aommz.com/en/about-us. Archived from the original on 2024-01-23.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220120202636/https://tiraspol.ru/news/moldavskiy-metallurgicheskiy-zavod-30-let-razvitiya/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220113190719/https://www.aommz.com/en. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240123183516/https://www.aommz.com/en/quality. Archived from the original on 2024-01-23.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220112202926/https://www.mbdatabase.com/Basic-Information/MMZ-JSC-Moldova-Steel-Works/16783/1. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 "Annual production steel data". Archived from the original on 2025-03-20. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20260128005128/https://www.steelradar.com/en/moldova-steel-works-has-suspended-operations/. Archived from the original on 2026-01-28.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20260128005352/https://infogor.ru/en/news/moldovan-metallurgical-plant-in-transnistria-to-cease-operations/. Archived from the original on 2026-01-28.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294637766_Equipment_and_technology_for_smelting_and_ladle_treatment_of_steel_at_new_EAF_shop.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240123184402/https://novostipmr.com/en/news/15-02-02/moldova-steel-works-evolves-operating-plan-year. Archived from the original on 2024-01-23.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20260128005952/https://novostipmr.com/en/news/24-06-04/buy-cheap-sell-high-how-moldovan-authorities-are-mastering. Archived from the original on 2026-01-28.
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