ArcelorMittal Dunkerque steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Dunkerque is a steel plant in Dunkerque (Dunkirk), France.

Location

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Background

ArcelorMittal Dunkerque (Dunkirk) has three blast furnaces with a total annual production capacity of 7 million tons. The two largest blast furnaces were temporarily shut down in March and April as demand fell due to a coronavirus pandemic, but one was restarted in August 2020.

Plant Details

• Private/State ownership: private
• Parent company: ArcelorMittal
• Owner: ArcelorMittal Atlantique et Lorraine
• Alternative plant names: ArcelorMittal Dunkirk, ArcelorMittal Atlantique et Lorraine - Dunkerque
• Location: ArcelorMittal Atlantique et Lorraine, site Dunkerque, rue du Comte Jean, Grande Synthe 2508, 59381 Dunkerque Cedex 1, France
• GPS Coordinates: 51.041274, 2.292948 (exact)
• Plant status: operating
• Production capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
  • Crude steel: 6700 (BOF)
  • Iron: 7000
• Production (thousand tonnes per annum):
  • Crude steel: 6200 (BOF, 2019)
• Steel product category: flat
• Steelmaking process: integrated (BF)
• Primary steel production equipment: coking plant; 2 sinter plants; 3 blast furnaces (BF); basic oxygen furnace (BOF) (# unknown)

Articles and resources

External resources

• Company Website
• Wikipedia page