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Donelektrostal Shakhty

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DRI–EAF route · Shakhty, Eurasia, Russia

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Donelektrostal Shakhty follows the DRI–EAF route: iron ore is reduced in the solid state to direct reduced iron by direct reduction, then melted into steel in an electric arc furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of 730 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are beam, round bar, channel, wire rod, rebar, angle, dri, wire.

Process Route

DRIEAF

Timeline

Announced2021
Operating2026

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

730

EAF

730

DRI

900

Iron Units

DRI
unknown DRI (1)construction
900 ttpawiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)construction
730 ttpawiki

Steel Products

beam, round bar, channel, wire rod, rebar, angle, DRI, wire

Ownership

Owner Donelektrostal LLC

Parent Donelektrostal LLC [100.0%]

Workforce 700 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).