Riva Brandenburg Electric Steel Works

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Riva Brandenburg Electric Steel Works (Brandenburg Elektrostahlwerke), also known as BES, Weber-Werk, Sahl- und Walzwerk Brandenburg, is a steel plant in Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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Location: Woltersdorfer Strasse 40 Brandenburg an der Havel, 14770 Germany
Coordinates (WGS 84): 52.402617, 12.496135 (exact)

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details


Start date	Workforce size
1912^[1]	860^[2]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information


Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent GEM entity ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner GEM entity ID
Riva Forni Elettrici SpA	5039934846	E100000131000	BES Brandenburger Elektrostahlwerke GmbH [100%]^[1]	4296949224	E100000130812 [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^[3]	billet, wire rod, rebar, mesh, bars^[3]	automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, tools and machinery, transport^[3]	2025-05-16^[4]	2024-07-19^[4]	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	1800^[5]	1800^[5]

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	–
2024	unknown	–

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details


Unit name	Status	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)	operating^[2]	900^[5]	150.0^[1]
unknown EAF (2)	operating^[2]	900^[5]	150.0^[1]

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^[6]	100.00^[6]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
unknown EAF (2)	yes^[6]	100.00^[6]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125060133/https://www.rivastahl.com/de/standorte/bes/unternehmensprofil_und_geschichte. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125065126/https://www.rivagroup.com/en/production_sites/bes_brandenburg. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 https://www.rivastahl.com/en/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230609073959/https://www.rivastahl.com/en/certifications/brandenburg. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 "Map of EU steel production sites" (PDF). Eurofer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240809182651/https://www.rivastahl.com/de/corporate_responsibility/recyclingweltmeister_stahl. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Resources

Company website

[autoref_0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125060133/https://www.rivastahl.com/de/standorte/bes/unternehmensprofil_und_geschichte. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125065126/https://www.rivagroup.com/en/production_sites/bes_brandenburg. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 https://www.rivastahl.com/en/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_3-4] 4.0 ^4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230609073959/https://www.rivastahl.com/en/certifications/brandenburg. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_4-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 "Map of EU steel production sites" (PDF). Eurofer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18.

[autoref_5-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240809182651/https://www.rivastahl.com/de/corporate_responsibility/recyclingweltmeister_stahl. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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