Severstal Cherepovets steel plant

operating

Cherepovets, Eurasia, Russia

ISO 14001

GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOFEAF

Timeline

Announced1940

Construction1947

Operating1955

Emissions

2025

17.3 Mt CO₂e

1.87 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

12,201

EAF

2,400

BOF

9,801

Blast Furnace

11,800

Sinter

4,000

Coking

4,702

Pelletising

10,000

Production

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

Iron Units

BF 1operating

1,100 ttpa1007 m³ · relined 2017wiki

BF 2operating

1,100 ttpa1033 m³ · relined 2018wiki

BF 3operating

3,000 ttpa3290 m³Multiple Russian designers/manufacturers; the steel structures of the casing were manufactured by the Czech company Vitkovice, the cooling system was designed and supplied by the Dutch Danieli Corus, the lining was made with refractory materials from the Japanese NDKwiki

BF 4operating

2,400 ttpa2700 m³ · relined 2025ОАО «Ленгипромез» (OJSC Lengipromez), Danieli Corus, Paul Wurt, TMT, Foest Alpinewiki

BF 5operating

4,200 ttpa5580 m³ · relined 2024(For the original furnace in 1986) About 40 design institutes, including the general designer, Lengipromez, took part in the design of almost 250 objects of the blast furnace complexwiki

Steel Units

EAF

EAF 1operating

1,300 ttpa145 tDanieliwiki

EAF

EAF 2operating

1,100 ttpa120 twiki

BOF

BOF 1operating

3,267 ttpaSSM-Tyazhmashwiki

BOF

BOF 2operating

3,267 ttpawiki

BOF

BOF 3operating

3,267 ttpaSSM-Tyazhmashwiki

Inputs & Energy

Power Severstal PBS power station provides heat and electricity to the steel plant.; Severstal EBS power station provides heat and electricity to BF-5

Iron ore Severstal Karelsky Okatysh Complex Mine (P100000128769); Severstal Olcon Complex Mine (P100000129380); Severstal Yakovlevsky Mine (P100000128823)

Met coal Kuznetsky Yuzhny Coal Mine (M4262); Pechorsky coal field

Steel Products

rod, coated, bar, pipe, cold rolled, hot rolled, slab

Ownership

Owner Severstal PJSC

Parent Severstal PJSC [100.0%]

Workforce 29,341 employees

Country Context

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

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Location

Cherepovets

Eurasia

Russia

59.1440°, 37.8629°