ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt steel plant, also known as Eisenhuttenkombinat 'J.W. Stalin' (predecessor), Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost (EKO) (predecessor), is a steel plant in Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg, Germany 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: ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt GmbH, 15888 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 52.168649, 14.623473 (exact)

Background

History

In the 1950s, a pig iron works with six blast furnaces was built in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany.[1]

In 1984 a turnkey oxygen conversion (Linz-Donawitz process) based steelworks was installed by Austrian supplier Voestalpine.[2]

In 1997, a new blast furnace (blast furnace 5A) was built.[3]

In 2006, the plant was taken over by ArcelorMittal and has been known as ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt since.[4]

Transition

In March 2021, ArcelorMittal announced plans to transition the Eisenhüttenstadt plant from BF-BOF production to DRI-EAF by 2030.[5] They will add 1750 ttpa of EAF capacity and an innovative DRI plant with unknown capacity.[6][7] In the first phase of the decarbonization drive, the company will replace two blast furnaces in its Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt plants with DRI-EAF for the production of 3.6 mtpa of crude steel.[8] The company is currently converting two blast furnaces- one in Bremen and one in Eisenhuttenstadt to inject natural gas instead of coal in the iron ore reduction process thereby reducing CO2 emissions.[9] The DRI-EAF plants will be set up by 2026.[10]

ArcelorMittal announced its plan to set up a pilot electrolysis plant and a hydrogen filling station at the Eisenhuttenstadt plant to decarbonise its steel production with green hydrogen. The company has partnered with McPhy energy to install two 1MW McLyzer electrolysers.[11] The electrolysis plant is expected to be operational in 2024.[12]

As of April, 2025, ArcelorMittal announced that they will be cancelling the DRI-EAF transition plans due to uncertainties around energy prices and competition.[13] The cancellation includes turning down 1.3 billion in funding that was previously approved by the European Commission for the construction of 3 EAF units and a DRI unit between the Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt sites.[14]

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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 ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt DRI (Steel4Future)
Company ArcelorMittal
Company has climate goals? Yes
Location Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
Project website Not available
Project scale Full scale
Project status Cancelled
Technology to be used NG-DRI to H-DRI
Technology details Initially natural gas for the DRI, and later hydrogen from electrolysis
Iron production capacity (million tonnes per year) Not stated
Steel production capacity (million tonnes per year) 1
CO2 capture (million tonnes CO2 per year) Not applicable
Hydrogen generation capacity (MW) Not stated
Investment size (m USD) 0.75
Date of announcement 3/5/2021

Plant Details

Table 2: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Power source
1950[15] 2700[16] WindSeeG project[17]

Table 3: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
ArcelorMittal SA [100.0%] 5000030092 [100.0%] E100000000687 [100.0%] ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt GmbH [100%][18] 4298356410 E100000002453 [100%]

Table 4: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[18] galvanized, plate, coated, cold rolled, hot rolled, slab[18] automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[19] 2023-05-15[20] 2023-05-15[21] 2028-03-30[22][23] 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)
cancelled – 2400[24][25][26] 2400[24][25][26]
operating 2400[27][28][29] – 2400[27][28][29]

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)
cancelled – 150[24][30] 150[24][30]
operating 1825[31][32][33] – 1825[31][32][33]

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

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
0[18] 2900[34] 0[18] 0[18]

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

Year BOF production Total (all routes)
2019 2000[35] 2000[35]
2020 1900[36] 1900[36]
2021 1900[37] 1900[37]
2022 1700[38] 1700[38]
2023 1900[39] 1900[39]
2024 1800[40] 1800[40]

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

Year BF production DRI production Other/unknown iron production
2019 unknown – unknown
2020 unknown – unknown
2021 unknown – unknown
2022 unknown unknown unknown
2023 unknown unknown –
2024 unknown – –

Unit Details

Table 10: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
BF 5A operating[32] 1995-02[41] 1995-09[41] 1997[41] Paul Wurth (parts); Saint-Gobain (parts)[42][43] 1779.0 m3[44] 1825[33][32][31] unknown 2022-07-08

Table 11: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Retired date Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1) cancelled[14] 2025-05[14] 150[24][30]

Table 12: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Retired date Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1) cancelled[14] 2025-05[14] 1200[24][25][26]
unknown EAF (2) cancelled[14] 2025-05[14] 1200[24][25][26]

Table 13: 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) None unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown
unknown EAF (2) unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown

Table 14: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
unknown BOF (1) operating[45][46] 1200[27][28][29] 250.0 tonnes[27][34]
unknown BOF (2) operating[45][38][46] 1200[27][28][29] 250.0 tonnes[27][34]

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