Salzgitter Peiner Träger Peine steel plant
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Salzgitter Peiner Träger Peine steel plant, also known as Ilseder Hütte (predecessor), Salzgitter AG, Hüttenwerk Salzgitter AG (predecessor), Salzgitter Hüttenwerk AG (predecessor), is a steel plant in Peine, Lower Saxony, Germany that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Peine, Lower Saxony, Germany:
- Location: Gerhard-Lucas-Meyer-Str. 10, 31226 Peine, Germany
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 52.313935, 10.258482 (exact)
Background
Steel manufacturing in Peine dates back to 1858 with the founding of the Ilseder Hütte in Groß Ilsede to extract pig iron from local ore. In the early 20th century, the "Peiner-Träger," a wide-flange beam section, was invented and patented.[1] In the 1960's the plant transitioned to a BOF steel production process until 1996 when the EAF was commissioned at the plant. In 2001 the plant became part of Peiner Träger GmbH as an operationall independent subsidiary of Salzgitter AG.[2]
Transition
As part of the SALCOS (Salzgitter Low CO₂ Steelmaking) program, the company aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 95% by 2033. The company has purchased green electricity from wind power for the Peiner plant since 2023. The plant also uses 100% scrap feedstock.[3]
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1858[4] | 800[5] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| State-owned entity status | Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent GEM entity ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner GEM entity ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partial | Salzgitter AG | 4295869182 | E100001010315 | Peiner Traeger GmbH [100%][6] | 4298172015 | E100000130858 [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[6] | beam, sections[6] | building and infrastructure[6] | 2025-03-15[7] | 2023-04-01[7] | 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 | 1000[8] | 1000[8] |
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 | Start date | Current capacity (ttpa) |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | operating[9] | 1996[10] | 1000[8] |
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 |
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References
- ↑ "Peiner Träger". Wikipedia. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "150 Years of Peine Quality - Memories of the Start of Operations". geschichte.salzgitter-ag.com. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Ecological responsibility". www.peiner-traeger.de. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220531190241/https://geschichte.salzgitter-ag.com/en/index.html. Archived from the original on 2022-05-31.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peiner_Tr%C3%A4ger?utm.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125060847/https://www.peiner-traeger.de/en/company.html. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230530120048/https://www.peiner-traeger.de/en/company/integrated-management.html. Archived from the original on 2023-05-30.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Map of EU steel production sites" (PDF). Eurofer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220112192326/https://www.peiner-traeger.de/en/index.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221208114116/https://geschichte.salzgitter-ag.com/en/history-of-the-business-units-and-sites/steel-production-business-unit/peiner-traeger-gmbh/peine.html. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08.
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