Founded on November 16, 1939.
Principal lines of activities:
- research into physical, chemical and thermodynamic processes in multicomponent metal systems and liquid slag-metal melts; development of novel materials with preset properties;
- studying scientific fundamentals of Fe-C alloys formation and control of their structure and properties;
- development of novel energy-efficient technologies and equipment, of monitoring and management systems to manufacture pig-iron, steel and rolled products;
- R&D backup to the Program of developing mining and metallurgical industry of Ukraine.
Main achievements and developments of the Institute:
- burden materials and technology of blast-furnace production with combined blow;
- equipment and technology for blast-furnace charging; calculation of rational charging schedules; control and management of burden-material distribution;
- desulphurization of pig-iron with dispersed magnesium forced into liquid metal with a flow of carrier gas (technology and equipment); a "know-how" of granulated magnesium production;
- converter steel production with imposed low-intensity electrical and magnetic fields;
- production of continuous-cast small-section billets with reduced number and size of non-metal inclusions;
- employing non-driven working stands for continuous rolling of section steel and rolling-slitting;
- two-stage cooling of wire rod in novel wire-rolling mills;
- manufacture of rolled products of boron-containing steel for cold heading and extrusion;
- production of hot-rolled etched, heat-treated in a protective atmosphere, skin-passed sheet steel to substitute cold-rolled one;
- production of low-carbon sheet steel with improved durability;
- thermal hardening of reinforcing bars in the line of rolling mill with controlled hardening process;
- manufacturing of railway car wheels, using periodic cooling;
- cooling of sheet steel in plate and broadband rolling mills;
- controlled cooling of thick sheets after hot rolling;
- production of high-strength reinforcing steel for ferroconcrete with the use of thermo- mechanical treatment;
- briquetting of fine-grained waste and raw materials.