U. S. Steel Košice steel plant
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U. S. Steel Košice steel plant (Východoslovenské železiarne (VSŽ) Košice), also known as East Slovakian Ironworks, USS Košice, Košice Steelworks, is a steel plant in Košice, Košický, Slovakia that operates basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and blast furnace (BF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Košice, Košický, Slovakia:
- Location: Vstupný areál U. S. Steel, 044 54 Košice, Slovakia
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 48.612001, 21.191401 (exact)
Background
This plant in Košice is among the largest industrial sites in Slovakia. The plant was original a state-run enterprise called the East Slovak Ironworks, and was privatized in 2000 to U.S. Steel.[1] The plant operates three blast furnaces (BF), which have been shut down and restarted on multiple occasions for maintenance and to match shifting demand in the 2020s.[2][3] Despite proposals from the Slovak government for funding to encourage decarbonization and a shift to electric arc furnace (EAF) production technology, the 2024 annual report for the plant indicated that the company intends to continue operating only BF technology.[4][5]
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size | Coal source |
|---|---|---|
| 1965[6] | 7712[7] | Europe[7] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent GEM entity ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner GEM entity ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nippon Steel Corp | 4295877313 | E100000000652 | US Steel Košice sro [100%][8] | 5000386748 | E100001000711 [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[9] | tinplate, galvanized, sheet, strip, coated, pipe, cold rolled, coil, hot rolled[9] | automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[9] | Expired[10] | 2026-11-29[11] | unknown | BF; BOF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 4500[12][7] | 4500[12][7] |
Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 4500[7][13] | 4500[7][13] |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Ferronickel | Sinter | Coke | Pellets |
|---|---|---|---|
| NF[14] | >0[14] | >0[14] | NF |
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 | 3054[7] | –[7] | 3054[7] |
| 2021 | 4473[7] | –[7] | 4473[7] |
| 2022 | 3483[7] | –[7] | 3483[7] |
| 2023 | 3987[7] | –[7] | 3987[7] |
| 2024 | 3476[9] | –[9] | 3476[9] |
Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BF production | Other/unknown iron production |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | unknown | unknown |
| 2020 | unknown | unknown |
| 2021 | unknown | unknown |
| 2022 | unknown | unknown |
Unit Details
Table 9: Blast Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current size | Current capacity (ttpa) | Decarbonization technology | Most recent relining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF 1 | operating[7][15] | 1965[7][14] | – | 1950.0 m3[16] | 1300[13] | unknown | – |
| BF 2 | operating[7][15] | 1965[14] | Saint-Gobain (parts)[17] | 2550.0 m3[16] | 1700[13] | unknown | 2017[18] |
| BF 3 | operating[7][15] | 1965[14] | – | 1850.0 m3[16] | 1500[13][7] | unknown | – |
Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown BOF (1) | operating[14] | 1125[12][7] | 180.0 tonnes[19] |
| unknown BOF (2) | operating[14] | 1125[12][7] | 180.0 tonnes[19] |
| unknown BOF (3) | operating[14] | 1125[12][7] | 180.0 tonnes[19] |
| unknown BOF (4) | operating[14] | 1125[12][7] | 180.0 tonnes[19] |
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References
- ↑ "History - U. S. Steel Košice". www.usske.sk. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ↑ "US Steel Kosice idles another blast furnace - EUROMETAL". eurometal.net. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ↑ "US Steel Kosice restarts its blast furnace amid stronger demand". www.steelorbis.com. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ↑ "US Steel Kosice will receive 300 million euros from the government for decarbonization projects — EU state aid". gmk.center. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ↑ "Financial Statements - U. S. Steel Košice". www.usske.sk. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125053808/https://www.usske.sk/en/about-us/corporate-info/history. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
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