Kehler Baden Steel Works

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Kehler Baden Steel Works (Badische Stahlwerke), also known as BSW, Süddeutsche Drahtververarbeitung-GmbH (predecessor), is a steel plant in Kehl am Rhein, Baden-Württemberg, Germany that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Kehl am Rhein, Baden-Württemberg, Germany:

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• Location: Graudenzer Strasse 45, 77694 Kehl am Rhein, Germany
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 48.595058, 7.821633 (exact)

Background

Steel production at Kehler Baden Steel Works is scrap-based.

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Workforce size
1955	850

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Südwest Beteiligungen GmbH	4298173051	E100001016239	Badische Stahlwerke GmbH	4296443547	E100000130777

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	billet, wire rod, rebar, bar	building and infrastructure	2024	2024	EAF

Table 4: 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	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating	2500	2500

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

Year	EAF production	Other/unknown steel production
2019	unknown	unknown
2020	unknown	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown
2023	unknown	–

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1)	operating	1250
unknown EAF (2)	operating	1250

Table 7: 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	100.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
unknown EAF (2)	yes	100.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Resources

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