ArcelorMittal Florange steel plant
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ArcelorMittal Florange steel plant is a steel plant in Florange, Grand Est, France that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Florange, Grand Est, France:
- Location: ArcelorMittal Atlantique et Lorraine, Florange site, 17, avenue des Tilleuls, 57190 Florange, France
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 49.331722, 6.143107 (exact)
Background
In 2013, all the sintering, blast furnace, and basic-oxygen furnace plants were idled indefinitely due to economic conditions that forced ArcelorMittal to cut costs.[1] 629 employees were fired, with other employees either moved to other operations or retiring from the plant; €180 million was invested into the coking plant to keep it running.[2] Protests had been ongoing since 2012 to prevent the closing of the plants, but to no avail.[3]
In 2020, the last coking plant was also closed due to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, which had been providing coke to ArcelorMittal's Dunkirk site.[4]
In 2021, ArcelorMittal was fined 150,000 Euros for two instances of pollution of the Fensch river that occurred in 2019.[5]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Idled date | Retired date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906[6] | 2013[7][8] | 2018[7][8] | 2300[9] |
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 Atlantique et Lorraine SAS [100.0%] | 4298163524 [100.0%] | E100001000487 [100.0%] | ArcelorMittal Atlantique et Lorraine SAS [100%][10] | 4298163524 | E100001000487 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Responsible steel | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished, finished rolled[11] | slab, coil, hot rolled[11] | unknown | unknown | yes[12] | 2022-05[13] | BF; BOF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| retired | 2400[14] | 2400[14] |
Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| retired | 2848[14] | 2848[14] |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Sinter | Coke |
|---|---|
| 4400[14] | 700[14] |
Unit Details
Table 7: Blast Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Retired date | Current capacity (ttpa) | Decarbonization technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF P3 | retired[15][16][10] | 1975[17] | 2011-07[15][8] | 1424[14] | Before closure, there were plans to run a trial C02 storage program with the furnace under the ULCOS II project. [18] |
| BF P6 | retired[15][16][10] | 1975[17] | 2011-10[15][8] | 1424[14] | Before closure, there were plans to run a trial C02 storage program with the furnace under the ULCOS II project. [18] |
Table 8: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Current capacity (ttpa) |
|---|---|---|
| unknown BOF (1) | retired[7][8] | 1200[14] |
| unknown BOF (2) | retired[7][8] | 1200[14] |
Articles and Resources
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References
- ↑ Reed, Stanley (2013-02-06). "ArcelorMittal, Announcing Loss, Indicates No Further Plant Closures in Europe". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ↑ Smith, Tim (2013-04-16). "Mothballing of Florange's liquid phase". Steel Times International. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Willsher, Kim (2012-10-05). "French steelworkers warn blockade is a last stand to save the industry". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "ArcelorMittal Florange shutters coke plant". EUROMETAL. 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ↑ "Teller Report". Teller Report. 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240131193235/https://www.bcd-urbex.com/florange-blast-furnaces-and-steel-works-france/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-31.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 (PDF) https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/3z1ozw5h/arcelor-mittal-fact-book-2021.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20181212235958/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-arcelormittal-france/arcelormittal-confirms-french-furnace-closures-idUSBRE8900J320121001. Archived from the original on 2018-12-12.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220120173230/https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/coronavirus-salaries-arcelormittal-florange-denoncent-pression-leur-direction-aller-travailler-1806230.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220111143046/https://flateurope.arcelormittal.com/ourmills/704/176. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220111143025/https://flateurope.arcelormittal.com/ourmills/704/dunkerque. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220629172247/https://france.arcelormittal.com/news/2018/nov/nouvelle-centrale-de-production-de-vapeur-a-florange.aspx. Archived from the original on 2022-06-29.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Issued and Ongoing Certifications". Responsible Steel. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.9 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220922003449/https://storagearcelormittalprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/pevb5bum/arcelormittal_fb2014.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-09-22.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220121144844/https://factbook2018.arcelormittal.com/~/media/Files/A/Arcelormittal-Factbook-2018/AM_FactBook_2018.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-21.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Fact Book 2019" (PDF). ArcelorMittal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-03.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230313160446/http://www.darbiansphotography.com/florange-blast-furnaces-urbex. Archived from the original on 2023-03-13.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 18.0 18.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20181101060437/https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/isijinternational/55/1/55_7/_pdf. Archived from the original on 2018-11-01.
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