Ural Steel Metallurgical Plant

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Ural Steel Metallurgical Plant (Новотроицкая сталь (predecessor), Орско-Халиловский металлургический комбинат (predecessor), Металлургический завод Уральская Сталь, ОХМК (predecessor), НОСТА (predecessor)), also known as Novotroitsk Steel (predecessor), Orsko-Khalilovsky Metallurgical Plant (predecessor), Ural Steel JSC, NOSTA (predecessor), OHMK (predecessor), is a steel plant in Novotroitsk, Orenburg, Russia that operates basic oxygen furnace (BOF), blast furnace (BF), and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: 1, Zavodskaya St., Novotroitsk, Orenburg Region, Russia, 462353
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 51.214781, 58.353913 (exact)

Background

Initially, the plant was named the Orsko-Khalilovsky Metallurgical Plant (OHMK). Construction began in 1939. As with many other enterprises of that time, prison labor was used for the construction.[1] In 1955, the first crude iron was produced in the blast furnace No. 1.[1] In 1958, crude steel was first produced in the open-hearth furnace. Electric steelmaking was launched in 1981.[2] In 2013, the obsolete open-hearth production was closed.[1]

In 2019, EAF#1 and EAF#2 were modernized to use the FMF (Flexible Modular Furnace) technology, which allows for production of steel using a converter method without application of electrodes and consumption of electricity. The FMF furnace can use various raw material components (liquid and cold pig iron, hot-briquetted iron, scrap metal) with the possibility of increasing the proportion of liquid pig iron up to 85%. Among the advantages of this technology is the use of the energy from chemical reactions to melt a solid part of raw materials, which reduces energy consumption and minimizes production of waste gases.[3]

In April 2023, it was reported that the Ural Steel Metallurgical Plant was planning to increase production of steel by 2025 to 2400 TTPA as a result of upgrade of the EAF units and invest around RUB 7-10 billion into the project.[4][5]

In 2023, the Federal Antimonopoly Service initiated a case against Ural Steel plant for violating antimonopoly laws by artificially hiking prices of steel products.[6]

Environmental & safety violations

In 2020, as a result of an unplanned inspection numerous violations of the air quality laws, leading to administrative cases.[7]

On April 25, 2020, blast furnace gas leak caused death of three employees. A criminal case based on violations of safety regulations was opened.[8]

In 2025, the prosecutor's office inspected the plant and found several violations of the environmental laws. As a result of these findings, administrative proceedings were initiated against six officials of the Ural Steel Metallurgical Plant—the head of the environmental control department, the deputy head of the electric arc furnace shop for electrical equipment, the deputy head of the electric arc furnace shop for equipment, the blast furnace shop equipment repair foreman, the senior foreman of the charge department of the sinter shop, and the foreman of the "Gas and Furnace Facilities" section of the open-hearth shop.[9]

Ownership

After the collapse of the USSR, the enterprise passed into private ownership and was renamed to the Novotroitsk Steel (NOSTA); since 2002 the plant bears its current name, "Ural Steel". In 2006-2022, the plant was part of Metalloinvest.[1]

In March 2022, Metalloinvest sold the plant to AO Zagorskii Trubnyi Zavod.[10]

BOF expansion project

In 2018, there was a proposal to build a 3000 TTPA BOF but it doesn't seem to have actualized as of March 2022; this project is still considered proposed.[11]

As of October 2023, there have not been any updates about the expansion. The project is considered to be cancelled.

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source
1955[12] 9000[13] https://www.gem.wiki/Novotroitskaya_Ural_Steel_power_station[14][15] Metalloinvest Mikhailovsky Mine (P100000128817); Metalloinvest Lebedinsky Mine (P100000128790)[16]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
Zagorskii Trubnyi Zavod JSC 5082355818 E100001000444 Uralskaya Stal JSC [100%][17][18][12] 4297197239 E100000130820 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
crude, semi-finished, finished rolled[19][12] billet, pig iron, flat, slab[19][12] building and infrastructure, transport[20][12] 2024-04-22[21] 2025-06-11[21] unknown BF; BOF; EAF

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)
cancelled 3000[22] – 3000[22]
operating – 2050[23] 2050[23]

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)
operating 3038[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] 3038[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
retired 970[33] 970[33]

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

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
NF 2300[34] 1400[34] NF

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

Year EAF production Other/unknown steel production Total (all routes)
2019 1408[35][36] –[35][36] 1408[35][36]
2020 1496[35][36] –[35][36] 1496[35][36]
2021 1500[37][38] –[37][38] 1500[37][38]
2022 1600[39] –[39] 1600[39]
2023 –[40] 1500[40] 1500[40]
2024 – unknown –

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 2749[35][36] –[35][36] 2749[35][36]
2020 2302[35][36] –[35][36] 2302[35][36]
2021 2400[37][38] –[37][38] 2400[37][38]
2022 2500[41] –[41] 2500[41]
2023 –[40] 2700[40] 2700[40]
2024 –[42] 2700[42] 2700[42]

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Construction date Start date Retired date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
BF 1 retired[43] 1953[43] 1955[44][18] 2022-05[43] – 1000.0 m3[18] 970[33] unknown 2012[43]
BF 2 operating[28][44][45][18][46][12][47][24] – 1958[29][28][48][45][49] – equipment supplier Danieli Corus[28] 1232.0 m3[19] 760[29][28][32][26][30][24] unknown 2020-12-30[50]
BF 3 operating[28][44][45][18][46][12][47][24] 2021-02[51][49] 1965[52][29][53][26] – equipment supplier Danieli Corus[28][44][45][18][46][12][47][24] 1648.0 m3[19] 1000[29][28][32][26][30][24] unknown 2021[54]
BF 4 operating[28][44][45][18][46][12][47][24] – 1973[29][25][14][55][27] – Soviet Union manufactured equipment[27] 2015.0 m3[19] 1278[29][25][28][32][31][26][30][27][24] unknown 2016-04-19[56]

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
EAF 1 operating[23] 2019[18] Tenova[18] 1025[23] 120.0[19]
EAF 2 operating[28][23][18] 2019[18] Tenova[18] 1025[23] 120.0[19]

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % HBI % basic/merchant pig iron % granulated pig iron % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated) % other iron
EAF 1 yes[46] >0[46] unknown >0[46][57] unknown unknown unknown
EAF 2 yes[46] >0[46] unknown >0[46][57] unknown unknown unknown

Table 12: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Retired date Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown BOF (1) cancelled[22] 2023 3000[22]

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