The Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant, also known as NLMK, () is a Soviet and Russian metallurgical plant located in the Left Bank district of

Lipetsk Lipetsk (, ), also Romanization of Russian, romanized as Lipeck, is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh (river), Voronezh River in the Do ...

. The largest steel plant in Russia and the 17th in the world in terms of production in 2018. Full name - public joint stock company "Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant". The

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, the main supplier of raw materials for the enterprise, is located 350 km away. Part of the

Novolipetsk Steel Novolipetsk Steel, or NLMK, is one of the four largest steel companies in Russia. NLMK's share of domestic crude steel production is about 21%. It primarily produces flat steel products, semi-finished steel products and electrical steels. NLMK a ...

. The novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant was hit by ukrainian drones on the 24th of February. The strike caused major damage to the plant The specificity of the enterprise is associated with an increased burden on the environment. According to the results of an audit initiated in 2006 by the Accounts Chamber, it followed that “NLMK OJSC accounted for 88% of the volume of pollutant emissions in the Lipetsk Region”. From 2007 to 2012, the plant implemented a number of investment projects for environmental protection, including in the areas of "Water" and "Air". In 2009, the plant completely stopped the discharge of industrial wastewater into the

Voronezh River The Voronezh (, ), also romanized as Voronež, is a river in Tambov, Lipetsk, and Voronezh oblasts in Russia, a left tributary of the Don. The Voronezh is long, with a drainage basin of . and controversial environmental situations и спорные экологические ситуации are regularly observed at the plant. In 2019, the

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communicated the complaint of 22 residents of Lipetsk, demanding that the Russian government take care of the environmental situation in the city (the complaint was filed in 2009). In 2020, the volume of harmful emissions of the enterprise amounted to 270 thousand tons and became the leader, along with the enterprises of Cherepovets, in terms of

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emissions. As of 2021, Lipetsk is still among the ten cities in Russia with the worst air pollution. On the night of 28 June 2024, according to Russian media, seven Ukrainian drones struck the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant. No casualties were reported however the oxygen station and oxygen separation unit were damaged.

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Lisin Vladimir Sergeevich is the main owner and owns 79.3% of NLMK shares through the Cyprus holding Fletcher Group. The remaining shares are in free circulation.

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* {{Cite web, author=Вячеслав ИСКОРНЕВ , url=https://lipetsk.arbitr.ru/cmi/2246.html , title=Как хотели приватизировать ... море , edition=Липецкая газета , date=May 2007 , language=ru , quote= 31 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926151235/https://lipetsk.arbitr.ru/cmi/2246.html , archive-date=Sep 26, 2022 , url-status=dead Companies based in Lipetsk Oblast Lipetsk NLMK Group Iron and steel mills

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