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Byelorussian

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BMZ-Upravlyayushchaya Kompaniya Kholdinga BMK JSC · EAF route · Zhlobin, Europe, Belarus

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Byelorussian is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 3.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are cord, rebar, pipe, billet, rolled, wire.

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Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating since 1984

Emissions

2025

0.19 Mt CO₂e

0.11 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

3,000

EAF

3,000

Production

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

Steel Units

EAF
EAF 1operating
1,000 ttpa100 twiki
EAF
EAF 2operating
1,000 ttpa100 twiki
EAF
EAF 3operating
1,000 ttpa100 twiki

Inputs & Energy

Power Lukoml GRES power station

Steel Products

cord, rebar, pipe, billet, rolled, wire

Ownership

Owner BMZ-Upravlyayushchaya Kompaniya Kholdinga BMK JSC

Parent BMZ-Upravlyayushchaya Kompaniya Kholdinga BMK JSC [100.0%]

Workforce 11,789 employees

State ownership Full

Learn the processes this plant uses

Steelmaking

Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Steelmaking

Secondary Metallurgy

Ladle Furnace (LF) — Secondary Metallurgy

Casting

Continuous Casting

Rolling

Hot Rolling

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