Voestalpine Stahl Linz steel plant

From Global Energy Monitor

Voestalpine Stahl Linz steel plant, also known as Voestalpine Stahl Linz, is a 6000 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria.

Location

The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria.

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  • Location: voestalpine-Straße 3, 4020 Linz, Austria[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 48.274023, 14.334340 (exact)

Background

The Voestalpine Stahl Linz steel plant started operating in 1940 and currently operates blast furnace and basic oxygen furnace technology.

Transition

In March 2023, the company approved a EUR 1.5 billion investment to transition its plants away from BF-BOF production. At the Linz plant, an EAF with 1600 ttpa steelmaking capacity will be build. The EAF, along with another at the company's Donawitz plant, is expected to begin construction in 2024 and commissioned by 2027. The company also announced that it will replace one blast furnace each at the two plants in this expansion cycle and plans to replace two more blast furnaces by 2030.[2]

Low-emissions/green steelmaking

This steel plant is associated with a green steel project tracked in the Green Steel Tracker. Details about the project are included below.

  • Company: Voestalpine
  • Stated company climate target for 2030: 30% reduction (baseline undefined)
  • Stated company climate target for 2050: carbon neutrality


Project 1

  • Project name: H2Future
  • Project website: https://www.h2future-project.eu/
  • Location: Austria
  • Coordinates: 48.274023, 14.33434 (exact)
  • Project scale: pilot
  • Technology category: Hydrogen production
    • Specific technology: Hydrogen production (green hydrogen through PEM electrolysis)
    • Hydrogen type: Green electrolytic
  • Year online: 2019
  • Size (m USD): 21
  • Steel production capacity (Mtpa): N/A
  • Iron production capacity (Mtpa): N/A
  • Hydrogen capacity generation (MW): 6
  • Carbon capture capacity (Mtpa CO2): N/A
  • Partners: Siemens, Verbund, Austrian Power Grid (APG), K1-MET, ECN/TNO
  • Date of announcement: 11/11/2019


Project 2

Project 3

All references for the above data are available in the Green Steel Tracker.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
operating[1] 1940[3] 9150[3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
voestalpine AG [100%][4] 4295858976 [100%] voestalpine Stahl GmbH[1] 5035949909

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[5] hot-rolled steel strip; cold-rolled steel strip; electrical steel strip; hot-dip galvanized steel strip; electrogalvanized steel strip; organic-coated steel strip[5] 2020[6] blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF)[1] coking plant; BOF (# unknown)[7][8][1]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
6000 TTPA[7] 6000 TTPA

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
5000 TTPA[9] 5000 TTPA


Blast Furnace Details

Table 6: Blast Furnace Details:

Unit name Status Start date Stop date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity
A operating[10] 1977[10] Saint-Gobain (parts)[11] 12 meters (hearth diameter)[12] 3300 TTPA[13][9]
5 operating[10] 1941[10] 2030[14] Saint-Gobain (parts)[11] Midrex[15] 8 meters (hearth diameter)[15] 850 TTPA[13]
6 operating[10] 1941[10] 2030[14] Saint-Gobain (parts)[11] Midrex[15] 1200 m³[16] 850 TTPA[13]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20211119123528/https://www.voestalpine.com/stahl/en/Companies/voestalpine-Stahl-GmbH. Archived from the original on 2021-11-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "voestalpine Board OKs EUR1.5 Billion EAF Installation". AIST. 3/22/2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211127104423/https://www.responsiblesteel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-10-07-voestalpine-Linz-ResponsibleSteel_PublicSummary.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20211205141852/https://www.voestalpine.com/stahl/en/Companies/voestalpine-Stahl-GmbH/Company/Company. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220125075939/https://www.voestalpine.com/stahl/en/Companies/voestalpine-Stahl-GmbH/Products. Archived from the original on 2022-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220318151742/https://www.voestalpine.com/ssc/en/Company/Certificates. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319021812/https://www.eurofer.eu/about-steel/learn-about-steel/where-is-steel-made-in-europe/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20220124104905/https://reports.voestalpine.com/1819/ar/servicepages/search.php?q. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220529121429/https://www.voestalpine.com/stahl/en/Stories/State-of-the-art-technology-under-a-rough-surface. Archived from the original on 2022-05-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220704122148/https://www.voestalpine.com/blog/en/innovation-en/a-fresh-wind-blows-at-voestalpine-the-small-blast-furnace-starts-up-again/. Archived from the original on 2022-07-04. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221128015619/https://www.ceramicsrefractories.saint-gobain.com/sites/hps-mac3-cma-pcr/files/assetbank_media/Iron---Steel-Blast-Furnace-brochure-2022-web-2274441.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20210615161051/https://www.voestalpine.com/group/en/group/overview/history/2002-2008.html. Archived from the original on 2021-06-15. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210917001257/https://www.voestalpine.com/group/static/sites/group/.downloads/de/aktie/praesentation/2020-21-business-model-and-facts-voestalpine-group.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-17. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. 14.0 14.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230130112806/https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/latest-news/metals/060921-steelmaker-voestalpine-to-convert-three-blast-furnaces-to-eafs-by-2030. Archived from the original on 2023-01-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220928121025/https://www.midrex.com/tech-article/using-hbi-in-blast-furnaces/. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/srin.202100078. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Other resources


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Additional data

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