Acciaierie Venete Borgo Valsugana steel plant

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Acciaierie Venete Borgo Valsugana steel plant is a steel plant in Borgo Valsugana, Province of Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Via Puisle, 4, 38051 Borgo Valsugana, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 46.049182, 11.440394 (exact)

Background

The Acciaierie Venete Borgo Valsugana steel plant was established in 1979 by businessman Dario Leali; it operated until 2012 when it went bankrupt, then was taken over by Acciaierie Venete in 2017.[1]

Environmental and Social Justice

A study published in 2016 found that workers at the plant over several decades have experienced a significant increased risk of lung tumors, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases as compared to the general population.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
1979[3] 115[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
Acciaierie Venete SpA 4295945787 E100000130761 Acciaierie Venete SpA[5] 4295945787 E100000130761

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
semi-finished[6][7][5] billet[6][7][5] automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[6][7][5] Expired[8] Expired[8] 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 600[9] 600[9]

Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF production Other/unknown steel production Total (all routes)
2019 488[10] [10] 488[10]
2020 475[10] [10] 475[10]
2021 629[10] [10] 629[10]
2022 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) operating[5] 1979[11] Tagliaferri[11] 600[9] 90.0[12][10]

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[4] 90.00[4] unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown 10.00[4]

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References

  1. "Acciaierie Valsugana, Borgo Valsugana". Viktor Macha.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Cappelletti, Roberto (February 20, 2016). "Health status of male steel workers at an electric arc furnace (EAF) in Trentino, Italy". Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20221019174630/https://occup-med.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12995-016-0095-8. Archived from the original on 2022-10-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240717010940/http://www.acciaierievenete.com/sites/default/files/bilanci-sostenibilita/file/Acciaierie-Venete_Bilancio-di-sostenibilit%25C3%25A0_2022.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-17. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20230531235822/https://acciaierievenete.com/it/struttura-aziendale. Archived from the original on 2023-05-31. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319185815/https://www.acciaierievenete.com/en/products. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20230325081017/https://acciaierievenete.com/it/produzione. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210305041149/https://www.acciaierievenete.com/en/certifications. Archived from the original on 2021-03-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Map of EU steel production sites" (PDF). Eurofer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318145308/https://www.acciaierievenete.com/sites/default/files/ACCIAIERIE-VENETE_Bilancio-di-Sostenibilita_EN.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 https://thebeautyofsteel.com/steel-plants-archive/acciaierie-valsugana-borgo/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20210305034334/https://www.acciaierievenete.com/en/production. Archived from the original on 2021-03-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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