Liberty Steel Dunkerque DRI plant

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Liberty Steel Dunkerque DRI plant is a steel plant in Dunkerque, Haus-de-France, France that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Dunkerque, Haus-de-France, France:

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• Location: Route de la ferme Raëvel, 59279 Loon-Plage, Dunkerque, France
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 50.99926, 2.168571 (exact)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date
2021-02-22

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
GFG Alliance Ltd	5057811578	E100001000556	Liberty Steel Group	5076098979	E100000130950

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Main production equipment
crude	HBI, DRI	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	2000	2000

Unit Details

Table 5: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1)	announced	Paul Wurth; SHS	2000

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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Resources

• Company website