Novostal-M Balakovo steel mill

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Novostal-M Balakovo steel mill (Новосталь-М Балаково рельсобалочный стан (Russian)), also known as Balakovo rail and beam mill, is a 1200 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) announced steel plant in Bykov Otrog, Saratov, Russia.

Location

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  • Location: 2, Metallurgov shosse, Bykov Otrog, Balakovo district, Saratov Region, Russia, 413810[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 51.936009, 47.815910 (approximate)

Background

The plant is proposed to be built at the same location as the Balakovo Steel Factory.[2]

As of October 2023, the construction is ongoing.[3] According to Novostal-M, the project implementation will be delayed by 6 months due to equipment supply issues. The steelmaking capacities will be launched at the end of 2024 - beginning of 2025, the rolling capacities in 2025-2026, and the rail production in 2027-2028.[4]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
announced[5][1] 2024[6][1][7] 1800[1]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Novostal-M OOO [100%][8][9][1] 5046391773 [100%] Novostal-M OOO[1] 5046391773

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[1] blooms; beam blanks; beams; sheet piles; Z-profiles; rails (up to 150 m); a wide range of profiles[1] building and infrastructure; transport[1] electric arc furnace (EAF)[1] 1 EAF, vacuum section, a rolling mill, and its own logistics department[1]

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

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
1200 TTPA[6][10][1] 1200 TTPA

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References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320120044/https://www.metalinfo.ru/ru/news/126610. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "«Новосталь-М» планирует построить рельсобалочный стан". Metallobazy.ru. Nov 11, 2020. Retrieved Feb 2, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Завод в Саратовской области планирует увеличить число рабочих мест на 80% к 2024 году (Russian)". TASS. February 3, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Акционер "Новосталь-М": мы прекрасно понимаем ситуацию и благодарны, что цифра сбора в бюджет не выше (Russian)". Interfax. June 20, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20221021005540/https://www.business-vector.info/relsy-prichaly-i-cink-142771/. Archived from the original on 2022-10-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220318141611/https://metallobazy.ru/news/1148. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. (PDF) https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2022.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. not just Novostal-M)
  9. entered Parent instead of Owner here since Owner (operator) is still unknown. Owner has not been registered yet (proposed plant) but one Parent is already known (additional investors are also possible
  10. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220111173338/https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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