Benteler Steel Tube Lingen plant
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Benteler Steel Tube Lingen plant is a steel plant in Lingen, Niedersachsen, Germany that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Lingen, Niedersachsen, Germany:
- Location: BENTELER Steel/Tube GmbH, Steel works Lingen, Niederdarmer Strasse 5, 49811 Lingen, Germany
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 52.467622, 7.317169 (exact)
Background
The Benteler Steel Tube Lingen plant is committed to reducing carbon footprint by 50% by 2030, and achieving carbon neutrality by 2045.[1] It also produces hydrogen tubes.[2]
In 2023 the plant started up a hydrogen-based direct reduction pilot plant for the production of green iron through a partnership with HyIron.[3]
In 2025, the plant has struggled with high electricity costs, requiring them to shut off their furnace over 20 times over the course of a year. To combat the increased costs, they have had to reduce capacity and increase prices.[4]
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1974[5] | 260[6][7] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent GEM entity ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner GEM entity ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAB Holding GmbH | 5063270324 | E100002025856 | Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH & Co KG [100%][8] | 5039602393 | E100000130998 [100%] |
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[9] | slab, billet, tube[9] | automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, tools and machinery, transport[9][10] | 2024-02-09[11] | 2024-02-09[11] | EAF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 650[6][7] | 650[6][7] |
Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Ferronickel | Sinter | Coke | Pellets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0[9] | 0[9] | 0[9] | 0[9] |
Table 6: 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 | – |
| 2024 | unknown | – |
Unit Details
Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | operating[7] | 1974[12] | 650[6][7] | 85.0[13] |
Table 8: 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[7] | 100.00[7] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ "BENTELER TO PRODUCE ONLY "GREEN TUBES" FROM 2045". Benteler. 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "BENTELER STEEL/TUBE ADDS HYDROGEN TUBES AND PIPES TO PORTFOLIO". Benteler. 2021-11-04. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Koehl, Christian (August 22, 2023). "Hydrogen DRI pilot plant starts up in Germany". EuroMetal. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
- ↑ Cooke, Ben (June 16, 2025). "How Germany's steel titans are powering ahead in push to go green". The Times. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
- ↑ https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/10063725/benteler-steel-tube-rolling-mill-project-walbridge-team-benteler.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIUI0mjZGBY.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20230514064124/https://www.benteler.com/en/sustainability/strategy-organisation/green-tubes-strategy/. Archived from the original on 2023-05-14.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125062033/https://www.benteler.com/en/benteler-at-a-glance/global-presence/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20220131132846/https://www.benteler.com/en/technologies-competencies/steel/tube-technologies/steel-manufacturing/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-31.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.benteler.com/en/products-services/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230606202327/https://www.benteler.com/en/downloads/. Archived from the original on 2023-06-06.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Publications from BENTELER Group". BENTELER. Archived from the original on 2025-04-18. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ↑ (PDF) https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/publikation/long/2488.pdf.
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