Severstal Cherepovets steel plant (ЧерМК, Северсталь Российская Сталь Череповец, Череповецкий металлургический комбинат), also known as Cherepovets Steel Mill, CherMK, is a steel plant in Cherepovets, Vologda, Russia that operates electric arc furnace (EAF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF), and blast furnace (BF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Cherepovets, Vologda, Russia:
Location: 30 Mira Street, Vologda Region, Cherepovets, Russia, 162600
Coordinates (WGS 84 ): 59.143998, 37.86295 (exact)
Background
The first crude iron from a blast furnace was produced in 1955, and the first steel was produced in 1958. Subsequently, the steel plant turned into one of the largest enterprises in Russia with a powerful blast furnace, basic oxygen furnace, and open hearth production, electric steel-smelting shops, and facilities for the production of sheet and long products. In 1993, the Severstal company was established with the plant as its core enterprise. In subsequent years, unprofitable open-hearth production was closed.[ 1] Severstal Cherepovets is part of Severstal's Russian Steel Division along with the Izhora Pipe Mill and Severstal-Metiz .[ 2]
In February 2022, NLMK, MMK, and Severstal were found guilty of collusion and hiking up prices for steel products, violating anti-monopoly laws.[ 3] All three companies agreed on a settlement with the Russian Federal Anti-monopoly Service.[ 4] Severstal was fined 8.7 billion roubles.[ 4]
In October 2023, Severstal announced plans to build an iron-ore pellet production facility at the premises of the Severstal Cherepovets steel plant, which will allow to retire sinter machines of the Sintering Shop #2 having negative impact on the environment.[ 5] The company signed a special investment contract to build the pellet plant with capacity of 10 million tonnes per year in June 2024. The project will cost RUB 97 billion and should be commissioned in 2026.[ 6]
Environmental & safety violations
An accident at the plant caused one death and sustained two employees with injuries in 2008.[ 7] In 2010, multiple violations of safety regulations were registered at the plant, leading to a few administrative cases.[ 8] The plant is responsible for 69% of hazardous emissions in the region and more than 90% of emissions in Cherepovets.[ 9]
In 2025, the plant contributed 90-95% of total air pollution in Cherepovets, the second most polluted city in Russia. As a result, the authorities fined the plant 120 million rubles.[ 10]
Ownership Tree
This ownership tree is part of the Global Energy Ownership Tracker , a project of Global Energy Monitor.
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
Announced date
Construction date
Start date
Workforce size
Power source
Iron ore source
Coal source
1940[ 11]
1947[ 11]
1955[ 12]
29341[ 13]
Severstal PBS power station provides heat and electricity to the steel plant.; Severstal EBS power station provides heat and electricity to BF-5[ 14] [ 15]
Severstal Karelsky Okatysh Complex Mine (P100000128769); Severstal Olcon Complex Mine (P100000129380); Severstal Yakovlevsky Mine (P100000128823)[ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20]
Kuznetsky Yuzhny Coal Mine (M4262); Pechorsky coal field[ 21]
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
Parent company
Parent company PermID
Parent GEM entity ID
Owner
Owner company PermID
Owner GEM entity ID
Severstal PJSC [100.0%]
4295887053 [100.0%]
E100000002088 [100.0%]
Severstal PJSC [100%][ 22]
4295887053
E100000002088 [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[ 23]
rod, coated, bar, pipe, cold rolled, hot rolled, slab[ 23]
automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[ 24] [ 12]
2024-03-29[ 25] [ 26]
unknown[ 26]
unknown
BF; EAF; BOF
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Unit Details
Table 9: Blast Furnace Details
Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details
Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
Unit name
Scrap-based
% scrap
% pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated)
EAF 1
yes[ 31]
15.00[ 31]
85.00[ 52] [ 31]
EAF 2
no[ 52]
0
100.00[ 52]
Table 12: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details
Articles and Resources
Additional data
To access additional data, including an interactive map of steel plants, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Iron and Steel Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.
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