ArcelorMittal Dąbrowa Górnicza steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Dąbrowa Górnicza steel plant (Oddział w Dąbrowie Górniczej), also known as Huta Katowice, Katowice Steelworks, Mittal Steel Poland (predecessor), Ispat Polska Stal S.A. (predecessor), Polskie Huty Stali S.A. (predecessor), is a steel plant in Dabrowa Gornicza, Silesia, Poland that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Dabrowa Gornicza, Silesia, Poland:

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  • Location: Al. J. Piłsudskiego 92, 41-308 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 50.342417, 19.285037 (exact)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Coal source
1976[1] 8800[2][3] ArcelorMittal Kraków steel plant, which has been closed, but continued to operate coke ovens.[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
ArcelorMittal SA 5000030092 E100000000687 ArcelorMittal Poland SA[5] 5000013933 E100001000503

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
crude, semi-finished, finished rolled[6] wire rod, rail, sections, coke, piling[7] 2024-08-11[8] 2022-08-19[8] 2022-08[9] BF; BOF

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 Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 5001[10][11] 5001[10][11]

Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron 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 Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating 4500[12][13] 4500[12][13]

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
0[6][14] >0[6][14] >0[6][14] 0[6][14]

Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BOF production Other/unknown steel production Total (all routes)
2019 3600[14] [14] 3600[14]
2020 unknown unknown
2021 4000[15] [15] 4000[15]
2022 3400[16] [16] 3400[16]
2023 3100[17] [17] 3100[17]

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF production Other/unknown iron production Total (all routes)
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 4000[15] [15] 4000[15]
2022 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
BF 2 operating[12] 1986[18][1] 2300[12] Partnering with Primetals to install gas cleaning plant to "improve the environmental footprint" of the furnace; installing heat exchangers to recover and reuse waste heat from the unit[19][20] 2023-08[21]
BF 3 operating[22] 1987[18][1] 2200[13] unknown

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
BOF 1 operating[18][23] 2016[24] Primetals[24] 1667[11][10] 350.0 tonnes[23]
BOF 2 operating[18][23] 2018 Primetals 1667[11][10] 350.0 tonnes[23]
BOF 3 operating[18][23] 2017[24] Primetals[24] 1667[11][10] 350.0 tonnes[23]

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