Acciaierie d'Italia Taranto steel plant

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Acciaierie d'Italia Taranto steel plant, also known as ILVA Taranto steel plant (predecessor), ILVA S.P.A. in a.s. Stabilimento di Taranto, Taranto Steelworks, Società Industria Laminati Piani e Affini, is a steel plant in Taranto, Puglia, Italy that operates electric arc furnace (EAF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF), blast furnace (BF), and direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Via Appia SS km 648, 74123 Taranto TA, Italy
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 40.508993, 17.207589 (exact)

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Low-emissions/green steelmaking

This steel plant is associated with a green steel project tracked in the Green Steel Tracker. Details about the project are included below.

Table 1: Green Steel Project Details

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Project 1
Project name Acciaierie d’Italia DRI MoU Taranto
Company Acciaierie d’Italia
Company has climate goals? Yes
Location Taranto, Italy
Project website Not available
Project scale R&D partnership
Project status Announced
Technology to be used Not stated
Technology details DRI - no details on natural gas or hydrogen use
Iron production capacity (million tonnes per year) 2
Steel production capacity (million tonnes per year) Not stated
CO2 capture (million tonnes CO2 per year) Not applicable
Hydrogen generation capacity (MW) Not applicable
Investment size (m USD) 1080
Partners DRI d’Italia
Date of announcement 10/25/2024

Plant Details

Table 2: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
1965[1] 11000[2]

Table 3: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
Full Acciaierie d'italia SpA [100.0%] 5067495106 [100.0%] E100001010116 [100.0%] Acciaierie d'italia SpA [100%][3] 5067495106 E100001010116 [100%]

Table 4: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[4][5] pipe, tube, flat[4][5] automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[5] 2025-04-30[6] 2025-12-04[7] BF; DRI; EAF; BOF

Table 5: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced – 6000[8] 6000[8]
operating pre-retirement 7800[9] – 7800[9]

Table 6: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Blast furnace capacity Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
announced – 2500[10] 2500[10]
mothballed pre-retirement 2000[11] – 2000[11]
operating pre-retirement 4000[11] – 4000[11]
retired 3500[11] – 3500[11]

Table 7: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
0[12] >0[12] >0[12] 0[12]

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BOF production Total (all routes)
2019 4300[12] 4300[12]
2020 3400[13] 3400[13]
2021 4100[14] 4100[14]
2022 3800[11] 3800[11]
2023 3000[15] 3000[15]
2024 2000[16] 2000[16]
2025 – –

Table 9: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF production Other/unknown iron production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 10: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Retired date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
BF 1 mothballed pre-retirement[17][18] 1960[19] 2030[17] – 2000[11] unknown 2015-08[20]
BF 2 operating pre-retirement[21][22][23][24][25][17] 1960[19] – – 2000[11] unknown 2022[26]
BF 4 operating pre-retirement[21][24] 1960[19] – Saint-Gobain (parts)[27] 2000[11] unknown 2022[28]
BF 5 retired[11][22] 1974[29] 2020 – 3500[11] unknown 2000[30]

Table 11: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1) announced[10] 2023-04[31] DRI d'Italia[32] 2500[10]

Table 12: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details

Unit name Current or initial reductant Gas reductant
unknown DRI (1) gas[33] syngas (reformed methane)[33]

Table 13: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1) announced[8] 2000[8]
unknown EAF (2) announced[8][34] 2000[8]
unknown EAF (3) announced[8][34] 2000[8]

Table 14: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % DRI % HBI % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) % basic/merchant pig iron % granulated pig iron % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated) % other iron
unknown EAF (1) yes[35] >0[35] >0 unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown
unknown EAF (2) yes[35] >0[35] >0[8] unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown
unknown EAF (3) yes[35] >0[35] >0[8] unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown

Table 15: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown BOF (1) operating pre-retirement[5][36][34] 1950[9]
unknown BOF (2) operating pre-retirement[5][36][34] 1950[9]
unknown BOF (3) operating pre-retirement[5][36][34] 1950[9]
unknown BOF (4) operating pre-retirement[5][36][34] 1950[9]

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