JSC Moldova 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 1.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, wire rod, rebar.
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Emissions
2025
0.11 Mt CO₂e
0.27 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
1,000
EAF
1,000
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
billet, wire rod, rebar
Ownership
Owner Moldova Steel Works JSC
Parent Moldova Steel Works JSC [100.0%]
Workforce 2,500 employees
State ownership Full
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Location
Rybnitsa
Europe
Moldova
47.7838°, 29.0283°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,000 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1985
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded