ArcelorMittal Dąbrowa Górnicza steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Dąbrowa Górnicza steel plant (Oddział w Dąbrowie Górniczej (Polish)), also known as Huta Katowice, Katowice Steelworks, Mittal Steel Poland (predecessor), Ispat Polska Stal S.A. (predecessor), Polskie Huty Stali S.A. (predecessor), is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Dabrowa Gornicza, Silesia, Poland.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Dabrowa Gornicza, Silesia, Poland:

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  • Location: Al. J. Piłsudskiego 92, 41-308 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 50.342417, 19.285037 (exact)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size Coal source
Operating[1] 1976[2] 8800[3][4] ArcelorMittal Kraków steel plant, which has been closed, but continued to operate coke ovens.

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
ArcelorMittal SA [100.0%] 5000030092 [100%] E100001000348 [5%] Arcelormittal Poland SA[5] 5000013933 E100001000503

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
crude; semi-finished; finished rolled[1] coke, sections, wire rod, sheet piles, rails[6] 2022[7] 2022[8] BF, BOF[9] coking plant; sinter plant; 3 BOF ( 350-tonne, #1 and #3 replaced by Primetals in 2016 and 2017; #2 replaced by primetals in 2018)[10][11][12][6][13]

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 5000 TTPA[13][14][13][14][13][14] 5000 TTPA[13][14][13][14][13][14]

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating 4500 TTPA[15][16] 4500 TTPA[15][16]

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Sinter Coke
>0 TTPA[1][17] >0 TTPA[1][17]

Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BOF Production Total (all routes)
2020
2021 4000 TTPA[18] 4000 TTPA
2022 3400 TTPA[9] 3400 TTPA

Table 8: Actual Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF Production Total (all routes)
2020
2021 4000 TTPA[18] 4000 TTPA
2022

Blast Furnace Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
2 operating[15] unknown unknown 1986[2][11] 12 meters (hearth diameter)[19] 2300[15] Partnering with Primetals to install gas cleaning plant to "improve the environmental footprint" of the furnace; installing heat exchangers to recover and reuse waste heat from the unit[20][21] 2023-08[22][23][24]
3 operating[22] unknown unknown 1987[2][11] 12 meters (hearth diameter)[19] 2200[16] unknown unknown

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