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Balakovo Steel Plant

operating

Bykov Otrog, Eurasia, Russia

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Construction2008
Operating2013

Emissions

2025

0.16 Mt CO₂e

0.19 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t

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

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,250

EAF

1,250

Production

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

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
1,250 ttpa169 tSiemens VAIwiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)construction
1,500 ttpaDanieliwiki

Steel Products

rebar, rod, billet, channel, angle, rail, square

Ownership

Owner MZ Balakovo JSC

Parent Novostal-M LLC

Workforce 4,100 employees

Country Context

Russia 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.