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Lebedinsky GOK

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Lebedinskiy GOK JSC · DRI–EAF route · Gubkin, Eurasia, Russia

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Lebedinsky GOK produces direct reduced iron by direct reduction — solid metallic iron made by reducing ore below its melting point — a feedstock for electric steelmaking. Its main products are hbi, pellets.

Process Route

DRI

Timeline

Construction1967
Operating1971

Capacity (ttpa)

DRI

4,600

Sinter

22,063

Pelletising

8,968

Production

Ironproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker).

Iron Units

DRI
DRI HBI-1operating
1,000 ttpasyngas (reformed methane) · capableFerrostaal AGwiki
DRI
DRI HBI-2operating
1,400 ttpasyngas (reformed methane) · incapableMidrex; Primetalswiki
DRI
DRI HBI-3operating
2,200 ttpasyngas (reformed methane) · incapableMidrex; Primetalswiki
DRI
DRI HBI-4announced
1,960 ttpasyngas (reformed methane) · incapableMidrex; Primetalswiki

Inputs & Energy

Power own power source

Iron ore Lebedinskiy and Stoylo-Lebedinskiy mines of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly

Steel Products

HBI, pellets

Ownership

Owner Lebedinskiy GOK JSC

Parent YueSeM Holding Company LLC

Workforce 9,459 employees

Country Context

Russia crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

Learn the processes this plant uses

Ironmaking

Direct Reduction (DRI / HBI)

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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).