Outokumpu Tornio steel plant

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Outokumpu Tornio steel plant, also known as Tornion tehtaat, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Tornio, Lapland, Finland.

Location

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  • Location: Terästie, 95490, Tornio, Finland
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 65.767115, 24.176472 (exact)

Background

Production at Outokumpu Tornio is scrap-based.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size Power source
Operating[2] 1976[2] 1700[3] CHP in Tornio uses recovered process gasses[4]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Outokumpu Oyj [100.0%] 4295866315 [100%] E100000130696 [100%] Outokumpu Stainless AB[2] 4298316860 E100000130889

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
crude; semi-finished; finished rolled[2] cold rolled coil, strip and sheet, Hot rolled coil, strip and plate[2] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[5] 2023[2] EAF[2] 2 EAF (expansion completed in 2004)[2]

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* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1200 TTPA[2][2] 1200 TTPA[2][2]

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References

  1. Tornio - Stainless steel, outokumpu, Retrieved on: Mar. 10, 2020
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125061023/https://www.outokumpu.com/en/locations/torniostainless-steel. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20240123173229/https://www.outokumpu.com/en/news/2023/strike-halts-outokumpu-tornio-plant. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20221205105300/https://www.outokumpu.com/sustainability/sustainability-strategy. Archived from the original on 05 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20220219111359/https://www.outokumpu.com/industries. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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