Rustavi Metallurgical Plant
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Rustavi Metallurgical Plant (შპს რუსთავის ფოლადი (Georgian)), also known as Georgian Steel (predecessor), is a 120 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF), electric arc furnace (EAF) and open hearth furnace (OHF) steel plant operating in Rustavi, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia.
Location
The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Rustavi, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia.
- Location: 12 Gagarini Street, 3700 Rustavi, Georgia[1][2]
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 41.531645, 45.026630 (exact)
Background
The Rustavi Metallurgical Plant started in 1948 and operated eight 200-tonne OHFs and one blast furnace with total peak steelmaking capacity at 1,450 ttpa until 1999.[3] The plant resumed operations with induction furnaces and electric arc furnaces in 2010.[4][5][6] Total steelmaking capacity varies by source: 120 ttpa,[7] 200 ttpa,[5] and 200-220 ttpa.[6] The plant has a record of environmental[6] and labor violations.[8][9][10]
EAF expansion project
A new 250 TTPA EAF was being constructed in 2020, according to the OECD database from June 2020.[11]
Exports
Rustavi Steel mainly to large construction companies in Europe, United States, Middle East, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey.[12]
US Tariffs
Rustavi Steel hired former US Senator Norm Coleman (Republican, Minnesota) of Hogan Lovells law firm to lobby on US-Georgian trade issues for the company in response to steel tariffs enacted by the Trump administration.[13] According to a senior research associate from McLarty Associates, "If [US] steel tariffs were lifted on Georgian-produced products, or replaced with a quota, Rustavi would be able to greatly increase hiring."[14]
Ownership
Rustavi Steel ceased operations in 1999 until a British-Georgian private company bought 100% of the plant's shares in 2006 and began rehabilitating the plant.[15] In 2008, the steel plant owner, a Georgian businessman named Badri Patarkatsishvili, died and a long dispute over the plant's ownership began[16][17]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size | Power source |
|---|---|---|---|
| operating[18] | 1948[18] | 1300[19][18] | Captive power plant built in 1946.[20] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Owner | Owner company PermID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rustavi Steel LLC [100%][21][22][18][23] | 4296916255 [100%] | Rustavi Steel LLC[21][18] | 4296916255 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude; semi-finished; finished rolled[18] | pig iron ingots; square billets; bars; rebar; seamless pipes; special shapes; slag[18] | building and infrastructure; energy; tools and machinery[18] | blast furnace (BF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF), electric arc furnace (EAF) and open hearth furnace (OHF)[20][18] | coking plant (2 batteries, began in 1954); sinter plant (began in 1982); 15-tonne EAF; 6 12-tonne IF (began in 2009)[20][24][25] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| >0 TTPA | 120 TTPA[24] | 120 TTPA |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|
| 725 TTPA[24][26] | 725 TTPA |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Sinter | Coke |
|---|---|
| 2200 TTPA[24] | 700 TTPA[24] |
Blast Furnace Details
Table 7: Blast Furnace Details:
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Current size | Current capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | operating[27] | 1980[27] | 1093 m³[20] | 725 TTPA[24][26] |
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220112193220/http://www.rmp.ge/en/contact-us/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220319164923/https://azexport.az/index.php?route. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "History & Heritage - Rustavi Metallurgical Plant". www.rmp.ge. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ↑ "Арматурный завод в Грузии запускает собственное производство заготовки | 14.05.2010 13:21:00 | Новости рынка | Компания Металлсервис". Металлсервис (in русский). Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Руставский металлургический завод увеличивает производство стали | 30.12.2010 12:07:00 | Новости рынка | Компания Металлсервис". Металлсервис (in русский). Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "„რუსთავის ფოლადი" - ანგარიში დარღვევების შესახებ". Gavigudet (in ქართული). Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ↑ "Facts & Figures - Rustavi Metallurgical Plant". www.rmp.ge. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ↑ Узел, Кавказский. "Workers of Rustavi metallurgical plant go on strike". Caucasian Knot. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ↑ Barateli, Ia (2022-07-04). "Рабочие Руставского металлургического завода бастуют и требуют повысить зарплаты". Новости Грузия (in русский). Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ↑ "В Грузии бастуют рабочие Руставского металлургического завода". interfax.az. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ↑ "Latest developments in steelmaking capacity 2020" (PDF). OECD. Jun 1, 2020. Retrieved Feb 4, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Clients, Rustavi Steel, Retrieved on: Jun. 11, 2020
- ↑ Coleman will lobby for Georgian steel company, Theodoric Meyer, Politico, Aug. 8, 2019, Retrieved on: Jun. 11, 2020
- ↑ Trump should grant Georgia an exemption from steel tariffs, George Tsereteli, The National Interest, Jun. 16, 2019, Retrieved on: Jun. 11, 2020
- ↑ History and Heritage, Rustavi Steel, Retrieved on: Jun. 11, 2020
- ↑ Lasha Kochiashvili, Judge of Tbilsi City Court, Open Society of Georgia Foundation, 2019
- ↑ How matters stand at Rustavi Metallurgical Plant, Transparency International Georgia, Mar. 31, 2015, Retrieved on: Jun. 11, 2020
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 18.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20220121153217/http://www.rmp.ge/en/about-us/company-profile/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220126201215/https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.rustavi_steel_llc.b90083e1819d107b71987cac65d3195c.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-26.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220124105850/http://www.rmp.ge/en/about-us/history-heritage/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 21.0 21.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220111143135/http://osgf.ge/wp-json/wi/validate/v1/file?wifile. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220124222816/https://www.hunnewellpartners.com/rustavi/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220119053408/https://transparency.ge/en/blog/how-matters-stand-rustavi-metallurgical-plant-review. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220119094309/http://www.rmp.ge/en/about-us/facts-and-figures/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 26.0 26.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220117200955/https://www.opendemocracy.net/ru/istoriya-rustavi-monogorod/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-17.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 27.0 27.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20200124003929/http://bizzone.info:80/industry/2019/1547679690.php. Archived from the original on 2020-01-24.
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