ArcelorMittal Hunedoara steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Hunedoara steel plant is a steel plant in Hunedoara, Romania that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: DJ 687-Nr. 4 Hunedoara, code 331 111, jud. Hunedoara, Romania
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 45.735183, 22.91627 (exact)

Background

ArcelorMittal Hunedoara was privatized on April 20, 2004.[1] Production at ArcelorMittal Hunedoara was temporarily suspended in 2019.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
1884[3] 582[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 Hunedoara SA 4296775956 E100001000499 ArcelorMittal Hunedoara SA[5] 4296775956 E100001000499

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
finished rolled[6] profile[3] building and infrastructure, energy[7] 2024-03-05[8] 2022-11-15[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 800[9] 800[9]

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

Year EAF production Total (all routes)
2019 200[10] 200[10]
2020 200[10] 200[10]
2021 200[11] 200[11]
2022 100[12] 100[12]
2023 200[13] 200[13]

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1) operating[14] 800[9]

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[7] 96.5[14] unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown 3.5[14]

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References

  1. ArcelorMittal Hunedoara, ArcelorMittal Hunedoara, Retrieved on: Jul. 22, 2020
  2. ArcelorMittal suspends production at Romania's Hunedoara steel mill, Nicoleta Banila, SeeNews, Dec. 11, 2019, Retrieved on: Jul. 22, 2020
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319095510/http://www.arcelormittalhunedoara.ro/ro-RO/About.html. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20220812124146/https://seenews.com/news/arcelormittal-extends-period-of-reduced-activity-at-steel-mill-in-romanias-hunedoara-794080. Archived from the original on 2022-08-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20220121074130/http://www.arcelormittalhunedoara.ro/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. (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)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320172815/https://sections.arcelormittal.com/about_us/production_sites/Hunedoara/EN. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220627150352/http://www.arcelormittalhunedoara.ro/ro-RO/D_S_en.html. Archived from the original on 2022-06-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240911160856/https://pubs.usgs.gov/myb/vol3/2019/myb3-2019-romania.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-09-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220129220418/https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/kl3iewkk/fact-book-2020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 (PDF) https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/3z1ozw5h/arcelor-mittal-fact-book-2021.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 "Fact Book 2022" (PDF). ArcelorMittal. 2023-04-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-10-29.
  13. 13.0 13.1 (PDF) https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/zsmpkwx2/arcelormittal-factbook-2023-web_interactive_april-30th.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240905155030/https://sections.arcelormittal.com/repository2/Sections/6_69_Scrap%2520Content.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-09-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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