Pavgord Zenica 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 1.9 million tonnes per year.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1892
Emissions
2025
1.59 Mt CO₂e
1.15 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
1,940
EAF
800
BOF
1,140
Blast Furnace
1,100
Sinter
1,875
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power Toplana Zenica
Iron ore Prijedor Mine (GIOMT P100000128135)
Steel Products
billet, wire rod, rebar
Ownership
Owner Pavgord doo
Parent Pavgord doo [100.0%]
Workforce 1,900 employees
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Location
Zenica
Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
44.2244°, 17.8998°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,940 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1892
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled