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Iron & Steel Plants in Russia
Russia has 31 iron & steel plants mapped on the OverWatts open energy atlas — the 6th-largest fleet of the 91 countries that hold any, and 2% of the world's mapped total. Of these, 30 operating and 1 under construction or proposed.
The largest owner-operators are small shareholder(s) (5), natural person(s) (3) and Promsort LLC (3) — small shareholder(s) alone is named on 16% of them. Half of Russia's iron & steel plants in service predate 1970 (median commissioning year of the 23 with a known date), 3 came online in the past decade and the oldest still listed is Ashinskiy Metallurgical plant, dating from 1900. 1 is in the pipeline, led by Donelektrostal Shakhty steel plant, proposed.
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Who owns Russia's iron & steel plants
- small shareholder(s)5 16%
- natural person(s)3 10%
- Promsort LLC3 10%
- Sortoprokat-Tsentr LLC3 10%
- Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya PJSC3 10%
- YueSeM Holding Company LLC3 10%
- Assets-M JSC2 6%
- EVRAZ PLC2 6%
Counts an asset once per company named as its owner or operator; a joint venture counts for each partner.
When they were built
- 1900s1
- 1930s5
- 1940s3
- 1950s2
- 1970s2
- 1980s1
- 2000s2
- 2010s6
- 2020s1
Median commissioning year 1970 · oldest Ashinskiy Metallurgical plant (1900) · newest Ecolant steel plant (2026) · 23 of 31 carry a start date
Under construction & proposed
How Russia compares · iron & steel plants by country
- 1. China458
- 3. United States90
- 4. Iran56
- 5. Japan42
- 6. Russia31
- 7. Turkey30
- 8. Vietnam28
- 9. Brazil25
Frequently asked
- How many iron & steel plants are there in Russia?
- OverWatts maps 31 iron & steel plants in Russia — 2% of the world's mapped total, the 6th-largest national fleet of the 91 countries with any.
- Who owns the iron & steel plants in Russia?
- small shareholder(s) is named as owner or operator on the most — 5 of 31 (16%). Next are natural person(s) (3), Promsort LLC (3) and Sortoprokat-Tsentr LLC (3).
- How old are Russia's iron & steel plants?
- The median commissioning year is 1970, across the 23 in service with a known start date. The oldest still listed is Ashinskiy Metallurgical plant (1900); 3 came online in the past ten years.
- What new iron & steel plants are being built in Russia?
- 1 project is under construction or proposed. The largest is Donelektrostal Shakhty steel plant.