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The Raw Material Potential and Existing Production Capacities of the Metallurgical Industry of Ukraine
Kyzym M. O., Khaustova V. Y., Kotliarov Y. I., Shulha I. V., Salashenko T. I.

Kyzym, Mykola O. et al. (2026) “The Raw Material Potential and Existing Production Capacities of the Metallurgical Industry of Ukraine.” Business Inform 2:149–166.
https://doi.org/10.32983/2222-4459-2026-2-149-166

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The aim of this article is to assess the production potential and resource availability of Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises and related industries and, based on this, to develop proposals for the further development of iron metallurgy in Ukraine. To achieve this aim, the following objectives were addressed: the current production capacities of enterprises producing crude iron were analyzed; the geological reserves and extraction of the main types of raw materials required for crude iron production were evaluated; and, based on a comparison of existing and potential production resources, the most promising path for the further development of iron metallurgy in Ukraine was identified. The study analyzed the current state, production trends from 2013 to 2025, and prospects for the further development of crude iron production and the raw and fuel materials required for it: iron ore and its beneficiation products, coking coal and blast furnace coke, refractories and raw materials for their production, as well as fluxes. A quantitative and qualitative assessment of the losses in the mining and metallurgical complex due to russian military aggression was carried out, which showed that the current state of coal industry enterprises and the mining and metallurgical complex cannot sustain pre-war production volumes that significantly contributed to the country’s GDP and had considerable export potential. A direction for the further development of iron metallurgy was proposed, namely – transitioning from blast furnace crude iron production to direct reduced iron production. This transition involves replacing the reducing agent – coke (a greenhouse gas emitter) – with a more environmentally friendly synthesis gas (a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide). Low-metamorphic coal, which predominates in geological reserves and is currently mined in Ukraine, has been proposed as the raw material for producing synthesis gas through gasification. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the direct reduced iron production process, it has been proposed to combine gasification with water electrolysis, which produces hydrogen for direct reduction. The electricity required for electrolysis is proposed to be obtained by utilizing the heat from the gasification products.

Keywords: metallurgical development, crude iron production, direct reduced iron, synthesis gas, hard coal.

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Kyzym Mykola O. – Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Professor, Corresponding Member of NAS of Ukraine, Chief research scientist, Department of Industrial Policy and Energy Security, Research Centre for Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine (2 floor 1-a Inzhenernyi Ln., Kharkiv, 61166, Ukraine)
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Khaustova Viktoriia Ye. – Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Professor, Director, Research Centre for Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine (2 floor 1-a Inzhenernyi Ln., Kharkiv, 61166, Ukraine)
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Kotliarov Yevhen I. – Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Associate Professor, Head of, Sector of Energy Security and Energy Saving of the Department of Industrial Policy and Energy Security, Research Centre for Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine (2 floor 1-a Inzhenernyi Ln., Kharkiv, 61166, Ukraine)
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Shulha Ihor V. – Candidate of Sciences (Engineering), Associate Professor, Head of, Coke Department, Ukrainian State Research Institute for Carbochemistry (UKHIN) (7 Vesnina Str., Kharkiv, 61023, Ukraine)
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Salashenko Tetiana I. – Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Head of Department, Department of Industrial Policy and Energy Security, Research Centre for Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine (2 floor 1-a Inzhenernyi Ln., Kharkiv, 61166, Ukraine)
Email: [email protected]

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