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Ecolant

construction

DRI–EAF route · Vyksa, Eurasia, Russia

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Ecolant 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 about 1.8 million tonnes per year. Its main products are slab, billet.

Process Route

DRIEAF

Timeline

Announced2021
Construction2022
Operating2026

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,800

EAF

1,800

DRI

2,500

Iron Units

DRI
unknown DRI (1)construction
2,500 ttpagas (unknown type)Danieli; Primetals Technologieswiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)construction
1,800 ttpa180 tDanieliwiki

Steel Products

slab, billet

Ownership

Owner Ecolant LLC

Parent Ekoinvest LLC [45.6%]; Lanafinans LLC [45.6%]; Oninvest LLC [4.8%]; small shareholder(s) [4.0%]

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).