Otelu Rosu Steel Plant

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Otelu Rosu Steel Plant is a steel plant in Otelu Rosu, Caras-Severin, Romania that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Street Mihai Eminescu No. 10, zip code 325700, Otelu Rosu, Caras-Severin County, Romania
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 45.512949, 22.339896 (exact)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Idled date Workforce size
1796[1] 2013[2] 600[3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Sunningwell Steel Polska SA 5076172001 E100000131078 Laminorul Danube Metallurgical Enterprise SRL[1] unknown E100000131189

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
semi-finished[4] billet[4] unknown unknown 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)
mothballed 850[1] 850[1]

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

Year EAF production Other/unknown steel production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) mothballed[2][5] Fuchs 850[1] 100.0[6][3]

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[6] >0[6] unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://ldme.web-bank.eu/services/otelu-rosu-steel-plant/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240312022433/https://www.romania-insider.com/romanian-businessman-relaunch-otelu-rosu-2024. Archived from the original on 2024-03-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://gmk.center/en/news/romania-plans-to-resume-operation-of-otelu-rosu-steel-plant/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230609154653/https://ldme.web-bank.eu/products/. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240312022504/https://www.enpg.ro/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/EPG_Report_Decarbonising-RO-primary-steel-production.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-03-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20230609144917/https://ldme.web-bank.eu/production/. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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