The Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works is Ukraine's fourth-largest steel maker with an annual capacity of 4.5 million tonnes of steel, 3.3 million tonnes of pig iron, and 4.1 million of finished steel products, and ranks 54th in the world. The company is Ukraine's only manufacturer of cold-rolled sheets, used in car manufacturing, as well as tinplates and polished stainless and alloyed steel. Zaporizhstal is located in the city of Zaporizhzhia, in a region with the highest per capita electricity output in Ukraine, close to raw material suppliers and steel consumers (pipe and machine building companies). The company was founded in 1933.
This steel mill is notable as it still produces steel (as of late 2025)[2][3] using the old-fashioned open hearth furnaces - which due to their slow operation became obsolete on industrial scales in the 1970s.[4] The mill has four blast furnaces, seven open hearth furnaces and one twin hearth furnace.[5]