Nová Hut Ostrava steel plant

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Nová Hut Ostrava steel plant, also known as GFG Liberty Ostrava steel plant, SPV NH Ostrava steel plant, Ostrava Steelworks, ArcelorMittal Ostrava a.s., is a steel plant in Ostrava-Kunčice, Moravskoslezský, Czech Republic that operates electric arc furnace (EAF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF), and blast furnace (BF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Vratimovská 689/117, 719 00 Ostrava-Kunčice, Czech Republic
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 49.792139, 18.309875 (exact)

Background

The Ostrava steelworks, previously owned by ArcelorMittal, was purchased by Liberty Steel in July 2019 along with six other steel plants across Europe including Liberty Galati.[1]

In November 2020, GFG Liberty announced plans to install two new hybrid furnaces manufactured by Danieli at GFG Liberty Ostrava.[2] The plan includes replacing the plant's existing four tandem furnaces with two hybrid furnaces by 2023. GFG Liberty reported that the new furnaces would reduce dust emissions by 60 percent. They also reported that once the 400kV power line was installed by 2025, carbon emissions would be reduced by more than 50 percent as the furnaces would be able to use 70 percent scrap, reducing the plant's reliance on imported coal and iron.[3]

In October 2023, however, the remaining furnaces at the plant were idled, and in June 2024, the plant was forced into insolvency.[4][5] By the summer of 2025, a new Czech consortium had purchased the plant, changed its name to Nová Hut, and announced that it would explore options for restarting steel production using electric arc furnaces (EAF).[6]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Idled date Workforce size
1952[7] 2023-10[8] 6000[9]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
SPV NH Ostrava sro [100.0%] unknown [100.0%] E100002022007 [100.0%] Nová Huť sro [100%][10] 5097010249 E100002021471 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[11][12] wire rod, sections, strip, billet, slab, tube[13] building and infrastructure, energy, tools and machinery, transport[14][15][16] 2022[17] 2022[17] unknown BF; EAF; BOF

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

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
construction – 3500[18] 3500[18]
retired 3600[19] – 3600[19]

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

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
retired 3200[20][21] 3200[20][21]

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

Sinter Coke
>0[7] 1200[22]

Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BOF production Other/unknown steel production Total (all routes)
2019 unknown unknown –
2020 unknown unknown –
2021 2280[18] –[18] 2280[18]
2022 1713[23][24] –[23][24] 1713[23][24]

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF production Other/unknown iron production Total (all routes)
2019 unknown unknown –
2020 unknown unknown –
2021 1930[18] –[18] 1930[18]
2022 unknown unknown –

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology
BF 2 retired[25][26][27][28] 1952[29] – 1100[20] unknown
BF 3 retired[25][26][27][28] 1961[30] MORAVSKÉ MONTÁŽE (parts/repairs)[31] 1000[20] unknown
BF 4 retired[18][32] 1961[30] MORAVSKÉ MONTÁŽE (parts/repairs)[31] 1100[21] unknown

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) construction[18] 2020-11[33] 2022-07[33] Danieli Digimelter[33][34] 1750[18] 200.0[18][33]
unknown EAF (2) construction[18] 2020-11[33] 2022-07[33] Danieli Digimelter[33][34] 1750[18] 200.0[18][33]

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % DRI % HBI % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI)
unknown EAF (1) yes[18] 40.00[35] >0[35] >0[35] 60.00[35]
unknown EAF (2) yes[18] 40.00[35] >0[35] >0[35] 60.00[35]

Table 12: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Retired date Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown BOF (1) retired[18][28][8][33] 2025[36] 900[19]
unknown BOF (2) retired[18][28][8][33] 2025[36] 900[19]
unknown BOF (3) retired[18][28][8][33] 2025[36] 900[19]
unknown BOF (4) retired[18][28][8][33] 2025[36] 900[19]

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References

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  2. ↑ "LIBERTY Ostrava to rely on Danieli green technology for its transition towards carbon ‹ Danieli". www.danieli.com. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
  3. ↑ Liberty Steel to install two hybrid furnaces at Ostrava, Steel Orbis, Nov. 11, 2020
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