U. S. Steel Košice steel plant
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U. S. Steel Košice steel plant, also known as Košice Steelworks, USS Košice, East Slovakian Ironworks, Východoslovenské železiarne (VSŽ) Košice, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Košice, Košice Region, Slovakia.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Košice, Košice Region, Slovakia:
- Location: Vstupný areál U. S. Steel, 044 54 Košice, Slovakia
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 48.612001, 21.191401 (exact)
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| Operating[1] | 1965[2] | 8253[3] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States Steel Corp [100.0%] | 4295903049 [100%] | E100001000348 [10.1%]; E100001010595 [9%] | US Steel Kosice sro[1] | 5000386748 | E100001000711 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished; finished rolled[4] | hot rolled, cold rolled, hot dip galvanized, organic coated, tin-plated, spiral welded pipes, coils, sheets, strips[4] | automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[4] | 2021[5] | 2022[6] | BF, BOF[7] | 2 coking plants (VKB#1 (100 ovens, begain in 1965), VKB#3 (30 ovens, begain in 1984)); 4 sinter plants; 4 BOF (in two steel plants)[3][8][7] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 4500 TTPA[9][3][9][3][9][3][9][3] | 4500 TTPA[9][3][9][3][9][3][9][3] |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 5000 TTPA[10][10][10] | 5000 TTPA[10][10][10] |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Sinter | Coke |
|---|---|
| >0 TTPA[7] | >0 TTPA[7] |
Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BOF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3054 TTPA[3] | 3054 TTPA |
| 2021 | 4473 TTPA[3] | 4473 TTPA |
| 2022 | 3483 TTPA[3] | 3483 TTPA |
Blast Furnace Details
Table 8: Blast Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current size | Current capacity (ttpa) | Decarbonization technology | Most recent relining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | operating[3][11] | unknown | unknown | 1965[12] | – | 1950 m³[13] | 1300[10] | unknown | unknown |
| 2 | operating[3][11] | unknown | unknown | 1965[12] | Saint-Gobain (parts)[14] | 2550 m³[13] | 1700[10] | unknown | 2017[15] |
| 3 | operating[3][11] | unknown | unknown | 1965[12] | – | 1850 m³[13] | 2000[10] | unknown | unknown |
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Additional data
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References
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231123050255/https://www.usske.sk/en/about-us/environment/ems. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220318220726/https://www.usske.sk/en/about-us/quality/certificates. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220318084558/https://www.usske.sk/en/about-us/corporate-info/divisions. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022.
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