Acciaierie Venete Borgo Valsugana steel plant

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Acciaierie Venete Borgo Valsugana steel plant is a 600 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Borgo Valsugana, Province of Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.

Location

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  • Location: Via Puisle, 4, 38051 Borgo Valsugana, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 46.049182, 11.440394 (exact)

Background

The Acciaierie Venete Borgo Valsugana steel plant was established in 1979 by businessman Dario Leali; it operated until 2012 when it went bankrupt, then was taken over by Acciaierie Venete in 2017.[2]

Environmental and Social Justice

A study published in 2016 found that workers at the plant over several decades have experienced a significant increased risk of lung tumors, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases as compared to the general population.[3]



Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
operating[1] 1979[4] 114[5]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Acciaierie Venete SpA [100%][6] 4295945787 [100%] Acciaierie Venete SpA[1] 4295945787

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[7] bars; round bars; wire rod; hot re-rolled billets[7] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[7] electric arc furnace (EAF)[8] 1 EAF (90-tonne)[5][8]

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

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
600 TTPA[9] 600 TTPA

Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):

Year BOF Production EAF Production OHF Production Total (all routes)
2020 475 TTPA[5] 475 TTPA
2021 629 TTPA[5] 629 TTPA

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319014419/https://www.acciaierievenete.com/en/company-structure. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Acciaierie Valsugana, Borgo Valsugana". Viktor Macha.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Cappelletti, Roberto (February 20, 2016). "Health status of male steel workers at an electric arc furnace (EAF) in Trentino, Italy". Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20221019174630/https://occup-med.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12995-016-0095-8. Archived from the original on 2022-10-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318145308/https://www.acciaierievenete.com/sites/default/files/ACCIAIERIE-VENETE_Bilancio-di-Sostenibilita_EN.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20200925101943/https://acciaierievenete.com/sites/default/files/downloads/Modello_231_Parte_Generale_0.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319185815/https://www.acciaierievenete.com/en/products. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210305034334/https://www.acciaierievenete.com/en/production. Archived from the original on 2021-03-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. (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)

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