ArcelorMittal Hamburg steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Hamburg steel plant, also known as Hamburger Stahlwerke GmbH, is a steel plant in Hamburg, Germany that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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• Location: Dradenaustrasse 33, 21129 Hamburg, Germany
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 53.522601, 9.900749 (exact)

Background

ArcelorMittal Hamburg steel plant is located in Germany's largest sea port. It consists of direct reduced iron-based Midrex plant, an electric arc furnace, two ladle furnaces, a continuous caster, and a two-strand wire rod mill.

In September 2019, ArcelorMittal announced plans to work with Midrex Technologies to design the Hamburg demonstration plant to produce direct reduced iron in a DRI plant fed with natural gas (methane) with a capacity of 100 ttpa. The plant should be able to switch to hydrogen-based DRI when it is available in sufficient quantities at affordable prices. This demonstration plant is set to start operations in 2026. With the help of this pilot plant ArcelorMittal plans to increase capacity with a full scale plant using this technology by 2030. The full scale plant is envisaged to have a capacity of 600 ttpa, and the short-time work has already begun at the site as of October 2022. Additionally, the plant plans to convert existing DRI plant to use green hydrogen, aiming to produce 1 mtpa of fossil-free steel by 2030, saving 800 ttpa of carbon emissions.

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

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

	Project 1
Project name	Hamburg H2
Company	ArcelorMittal
Company has climate goals?	Yes
Location	Hamburg, Germany
Project website	Site
Project scale	Demo
Project status	Announced
Year to be online	2026
Technology to be used	H-DRI
Technology details	First tested using grey hydrogen from waste gases
Iron production capacity (million tonnes per year)	0
Steel production capacity (million tonnes per year)	Not stated
CO2 capture (million tonnes CO2 per year)	Not applicable
Hydrogen generation capacity (MW)	Not applicable
Investment size (m USD)	122
Partners	Midrex
Date of announcement	2019-09-16

Plant Details

Table 2: General Plant Details

Start date	Workforce size
1969	530

Table 3: 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 Hamburg GmbH	5000072758	E100001000498

Table 4: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	cord, rebar, mesh, billet, wire	automotive, building and infrastructure, tools and machinery	2022	2022	DRI; EAF

Table 5: 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	1100	1100

Table 6: 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	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
announced	100	100
operating	600	600

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

Year	EAF production	Total (all routes)
2019	918	918
2020	900	900
2021	900	900
2022	700	700
2023	700	700

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

Year	DRI production	Other/unknown iron production	Total (all routes)
2019	470	–	470
2020	unknown	unknown	–
2021	unknown	unknown	–
2022	unknown	unknown	–
2023	unknown	–	–

Unit Details

Table 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Furnace type	Current capacity (ttpa)	Reductant
unknown DRI (1)	announced	2019-09	2026	–	shaft furnace	100	–
unknown DRI (2)	operating	–	1971	Midrex	shaft furnace	600	methane

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1)	operating	1100

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name	Scrap-based	% scrap	% DRI
unknown EAF (1)	yes	>0	>0

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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Resources

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