DRI d’Italia Taranto plant

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DRI d’Italia Taranto plant is a steel plant in Taranto, Province of Taranto, Italy that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Via Appia SS km 648, 74123 Taranto TA, Italy
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 40.508993, 17.207589 (exact)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date Start date
2023-01[1] 2030[2]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Full DRI d'Italia SpA [100.0%] unknown [100.0%] E100000131184 [100.0%] DRI d'Italia SpA [100%][3] unknown E100000131184 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Main production equipment
DRI

Table 4: 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 2500[4] 2500[4]

Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Sinter Pellets
NF NF

Unit Details

Table 6: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1) announced[1] 2023 2030 DRI d'Italia[5] 2500[4]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230125073647/https://eurometal.net/italian-steelmakers-boost-collaboration-for-dri/. Archived from the original on 2023-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20221013053835/https://www.invitalia.it/chi-siamo/il-gruppo/dri-ditalia. Archived from the original on 2022-10-13. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125063347/https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/invitalia-announces-creation-of-dri-ditalia-to-boost-decarbonization-1233569.htm. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://www.driditalia.it/il-progetto. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://eurometal.net/tag/dri/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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