Voestalpine Stahl Linz steel plant
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Voestalpine Stahl Linz steel plant, also known as Voestalpine Stahl Linz, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria:
- Location: voestalpine-Straße 3, 4020 Linz, Austria
- 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.[1]
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.
Table 1: Green Steel Project Details
| Project 1 | Project 2 | Project 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company | voestalpine Group | voestalpine Group | voestalpine Group |
| Company has climate goals? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Location | Linz, Austria | Linz, Austria | Linz, Austria |
| Project name | H2Future | Greentec steel - Linz | CMS |
| Project website | Site | Site | Site |
| Project scale | Pilot | Full scale | Pilot |
| Project status | Finalized (research & testing) | Construction | Announced |
| Year to be online | 2019 | 2027 | 2023 |
| Technology to be used | H2 production | BF-BOF to EAF | CCS for BF-BOF |
| Technology details | Green electricity electrolysis | EAF using HBI and scrap | Optiperm™ Carbon membrane for flue gases |
| Iron production capacity (million tonnes per year) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Steel production capacity (million tonnes per year) | Not applicable | 1 | Not applicable |
| CO2 capture (million tonnes CO2 per year) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not stated |
| Hydrogen generation capacity(MW) | 6 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Investment size | 21 | 806.055 | Not stated |
| Actual start year | 2019 | – | – |
| Partners | Siemens, Verbund, Austrian Power Grid (APG), K1-MET, ECN/TNO | - | Compact Membrane Systems, Inc |
| Date of announcement | 2019-11-11 | 2023-03-22 | 2023-07-26 |
Plant Details
Table 2: General Plant Details
| Phase | Plant status | Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Pre-retirement announcement date | Retired date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | Operating[2] | – | – | 1940[3] | – | – | 9150[3] |
| Closure | Operating pre-retirement[4] | – | – | – | 2023[4] | 2027[4] | – |
| Expansion | Construction[5] | 2023[4] | 2024[4] | 2027[4] | – | – | – |
Table 3: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Phase | Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | Voestalpine AG [100.0%] | 4295858976 [100%] | E100001011521 [14.8%]; E100001011522 [8%]; E100001011520 | voestalpine Stahl GmbH[2] | 5035949909 | E100000130978 |
Table 4: Process and Products
| Phase | Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | semi-finished; finished rolled[6] | hot-rolled steel strip; cold-rolled steel strip; electrical steel strip; hot-dip galvanized steel strip; electrogalvanized steel strip; organic-coated steel strip[6] | automotive[7] | BF, BOF[2] | coking plant; 3 BOF[8][2][9] |
| Closure | semi-finished; finished rolled[6] | hot-rolled steel strip; cold-rolled steel strip; electrical steel strip; hot-dip galvanized steel strip; electrogalvanized steel strip; organic-coated steel strip[6] | automotive[7] | BF, BOF[4] | 1 BOF[4][10] |
| Expansion | semi-finished; finished rolled[6] | hot-rolled steel strip; cold-rolled steel strip; electrical steel strip; hot-dip galvanized steel strip; electrogalvanized steel strip; organic-coated steel strip[6] | automotive[7] | EAF[4] | 1 EAF[4] |
Table 5: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Phase | Capacity operating status* | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | operating | 4000 TTPA[9][9] | – | 4000 TTPA[9][9] |
| Closure | operating pre-retirement | 2000 TTPA[9] | – | 2000 TTPA[9] |
| Expansion | construction | – | 1600 TTPA[4] | 1600 TTPA[4] |
Table 6: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Phase | Capacity operating status* | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | operating | 3300 TTPA[11][12] | 3300 TTPA[11][12] |
| Closure | operating pre-retirement | 1700 TTPA[12][12] | 1700 TTPA[12][12] |
| Expansion | construction | – | – |
Blast Furnace Details
Table 7: Blast Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Retired date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current size | Current capacity (ttpa) | Decarbonization technology | Most recent relining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | operating pre-retirement[13] | unknown | unknown | 1941[14] | 2030[15] | Saint-Gobain (parts) Midrex[16][17] | 8 meters (hearth diameter)[17] | 850[12] | An ANDRITZ pilot plant that separates carbon dioxide from flue gases using an amine-based process; Captured CO2 is put in industrial gas bottles and delivered to an energy storage company that is investigating methods to make it available for reuse in steel production.[18] | 2023-10-23[19] |
| 6 | operating pre-retirement[13] | unknown | unknown | 1941[14] | 2030[15] | Saint-Gobain (parts) Midrex[16][17] | 1200 m³[20] | 850[12] | An ANDRITZ pilot plant that separates carbon dioxide from flue gases using an amine-based process; Captured CO2 is put in industrial gas bottles and delivered to an energy storage company that is investigating methods to make it available for reuse in steel production.[18] | 2016-11[21][22] |
| A | operating[13] | unknown | unknown | 1977[23] | – | Saint-Gobain (parts)[16] | 12 meters (hearth diameter)[24] | 3300[11][12] | An ANDRITZ pilot plant that separates carbon dioxide from flue gases using an amine-based process; Captured CO2 is put in industrial gas bottles and delivered to an energy storage company that is investigating methods to make it available for reuse in steel production.[18] | 2018-09[11] |
Articles and Resources
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