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Qarmet steel plant

operating

Temirtau, Eurasia, Kazakhstan

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1960

Emissions

2025

8.12 Mt CO₂e

1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

6,000

BOF

6,000

Blast Furnace

6,450

Sinter

5,000

Coking

2,446

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Iron Units

BF
BF 1retired
1,100 ttpa1719 m³wiki
BF
BF 2operating
1,300 ttpa2291 m³ · relined 2012Paul Wurthwiki
BF
BF 3operating
3,800 ttpa3848 m³ · relined 2015Paul Wurth; Danieli Coruswiki
BF
BF 4operating
1,350 ttpa3499 m³ · relined 2024wiki

Steel Units

BOF
BOF 1operating
2,000 ttpaDanieli Coruswiki
BOF
BOF 2operating
2,000 ttpaDanieli Coruswiki
BOF
BOF 3operating
2,000 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power Karaganda Steel Works power station (ТЭЦ-ПВС Карагандинского металлургического комбината) and Karaganda TPS-2 power station (ТЭЦ -2 АО "Арселор Миттал Темиртау")

Iron ore Orken Lisakovskoe Mine (P100000128229); Orken Kentobe Mine (P100000128575); Orken Atasu Mine (P100000128584); Orken Atansor Mine (P100000128574)

Met coal 8 coal mines across Karaganda region

Steel Products

tinplate, galvanized, rebar, plate, coke, coated, bloom, pipe, coil, billet, slab, square

Ownership

Owner Qazaqstan Steel Group LLP

Parent Qazaqstan Steel Group LLP [100.0%]

Workforce 35,000 employees

Country Context

Kazakhstan crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).

Facility emissions estimates from Climate TRACE. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.