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Evraz ZSMK

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BF–BOF Integrated route · Novokuznetsk, Eurasia, Russia

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Evraz ZSMK makes steel by the integrated route: iron ore is smelted into liquid hot metal in a blast furnace, then refined into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace. Alongside the ore-based route, the plant runs an electric arc furnace that melts scrap and other metallics. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 7.6 million tonnes per year.

Process Route

BFBOFEAF

Timeline

Construction1929
Operating1932

Emissions

2025

11.2 Mt CO₂e

1.54 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

7,619

EAF

2,200

BOF

5,419

Blast Furnace

5,030

Sinter

7,200

Coking

5,210

Production

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

Iron Units

BF
BF 1operating
2,548 ttpa3000 m³ · relined 2025Paul Wurth (parts)wiki
BF
BF 2mothballed
1,170 ttpa2000 m³ · relined 2017Paul Wurth (parts)wiki
BF
BF 3operating
2,482 ttpa3000 m³ · relined 2018Paul Wurth (parts)wiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
1,100 ttpa100 twiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)operating
1,100 ttpa100 twiki
BOF
BOF 1retired
1,141 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF 2operating pre-retirement
1,141 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF 3operating
1,141 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF 4operating
2,139 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF 5operating
2,139 ttpawiki
BOF
Unknown BOF (6)announced
1,141 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power Zapadno-Sibirskaya power station

Iron ore Evrazruda (Tashtagol mine (P100000128774), Sheregesh mine (P100000128773), Kazskaya mine (P100000128825)); Горнорудный филиал ЕВРАЗ ЗСМК (шахта «Таштагольская»; шахта «Шерегешская»; шахта «Казская»)

Met coal Alardinskaya coal mine (M0767)

Steel Products

shapes, wire rod, rail, rebar, bar, billet, coil, slab, beam, pig iron

Ownership

Owner Evraz ZSMK JSC

Parent EVRAZ PLC [100.0%]

Workforce 22,507 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.