AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke Dillingen steel plant

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AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke Dillingen steel plant, also known as Dillinger and Dillinger Hütte, is a 2760 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Dillengen, Saarland, Germany.

Location

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  • Location: AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke, Werkstraße 1, 66763 Dillingen/Saar, Germany[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 49.353884, 6.746603 (exact)

Background

In August 2020, AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke Dillingen announced the start of Germany's first hydrogen-based steel production plant via the blast furnace route.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
operating[3] 1969[4] 3565[5]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
SHS Stahl Holding Saar GmbH & Co KgaA [57.2%]; ArcelorMittal SA [33.4%]; Saarstahl AG [9.4%][3] 5040192402 [57.2%]; 5000030092 [33.4%]; 4296258509 [9.4%] Aktien Gesellschaft der Dillinger Huettenwerke Societe Anonyme des Forges et Acieries de Dilling[3] 5000074757

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[6] Non-alloy structural steels; Normalised fine-grained structural steels; Thermomechanically rolled fine-grained steels; High-strength quenched & tempered fine-grained steels; High-temperature steels Heavy-plate products; Cryogenic steels; Weathering-resistant steels; Case-hardening & quenching & tempering steels; Security steels; Tool & mould steels; Wear-resistant steels; Sour-gas-resistant steels; Offshore steels; Linepipe steels[7] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; tools and machinery[8] 2019[9] 2021[10] blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF)[3] 2 BOF (2 190-tonne, one being replaced with 200-tonne by end of 2023)[11][12][13]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
2760 TTPA[14] 2760 TTPA

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
4790 TTPA[14][13] 4790 TTPA

Table 6: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):

Year BOF Production EAF Production OHF Production Total (all routes)
2020 1816 TTPA[5] 1816 TTPA
2021 2281 TTPA[15][5] 2281 TTPA

Blast Furnace Details

Table 7: Blast Furnace Details:

Unit name Status Start date Current size Current capacity Decarbonization technology
3 mothballed[13] 1965[13] 1280 m³[16] 730 TTPA[14][13] Pilot plant at Dillingen uses hydrogen as reducing agent to decrease carbon emissions, currently expanding to use on both blast furnaces (H2Syngas with Paul Wurth)[17][18]
4 operating[11] 1974[11] 2360 m³[13] 2227 TTPA[14][13]
5 operating[11] 1985[11] 2893 m³[13] 2555 TTPA[14][13] Pilot plant at Dillingen uses hydrogen as reducing agent to decrease carbon emissions, currently expanding to use on both blast furnaces (H2Syngas with Paul Wurth)[17][18]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20211206181639/https://www.dillinger.de/d/en/corporate/index.shtml. Archived from the original on 2021-12-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. It’s all systems go for the green transformation, Dillinger, Aug. 21, 2020
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20211108135822/https://www.dillinger.de/d/en/corporate/dillinger/group/index.shtml. Archived from the original on 2021-11-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/4460238/company-brochure-dillinger-hutte-gts. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20211108223051/https://www.dillinger.de/d/en/corporate/dillinger/facts/index.shtml. Archived from the original on 2021-11-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220515151756/https://www.dillinger.de/d/en/products/index.shtml. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20210302114036/https://www.dillinger.de/d/en/products/heavyplate/index.shtml. Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20220319030332/https://www.dillinger.de/d/en/products/applications/index.shtml. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20211108223053/https://www.dillinger.de/d/en/corporate/sustainability/integrated-management-system/index.shtml. Archived from the original on 2021-11-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20211109103251/https://www.dillinger.de/d/en/corporate/sustainability/energy-management/index.shtml. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220515151757/https://www.dillinger.de/d/en/corporate/dillinger/production/index.shtml. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20221202152423/https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/new-capacity-roundup-november-2022/. Archived from the original on 2022-12-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20220119003153/https://www.rogesa.de/rogesa/produktion/daten/index.shtml.de. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318115528/https://www.eurofer.eu/assets/Uploads/Map-20191113_Eurofer_SteelIndustry_Rev3-has-stainless.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. (PDF) https://www.stahl-holding-saar.de/imperia/md/content/shs/dillinger-gb_2016_en.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/5341023/at-the-center-for-steel-hkm-huttenwerke-krupp-mannesmann-gmbh. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. 17.0 17.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210712085120/https://www.dillinger.de/d/en/news/press-releases/it-s-all-systems-go-for-the-green-transformation-94472.shtml. Archived from the original on 2021-07-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. 18.0 18.1 https://bioenergyinternational.com/saarstahl-and-dillinger-partner-with-paul-wurth-in-h2syngas-project/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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