TZMS Třinecké železárny Trinec steel plant

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TZMS Třinecké železárny Trinec steel plant, also known as Třinec Iron and Steel Works, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Třinec, Moravia-Silesia, Czech Republic.

Location

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  • Location: Průmyslová 1000, Staré Město, 739 61 Třinec, Czech Republic
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 49.689053, 18.654557 (exact)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase Plant status Announced date Start date Retired date Workforce size Power source
Main plant Operating[1] 1906[2] 6000[3] "Třinecké železárny together with its subsidiary Energetika Třinec will produce electricity from the sun in two photovoltaic power plant"[4]
Closure Operating pre-retirement[5] 2030[5]
Expansion Announced[5] 2024-02-14[5] 2030[5]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Main plant Trinecke Zelezarny as[2] 4295865795 E100000130692

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
Main plant semi-finished; finished rolled[2] rails, wire rod, steel bars, semis, seamless tubes, drawn steel, billet[6] 2022[7] 2022[7] BF, BOF, EAF[8] 2 coking plants; 2 sinter plants; 1 BOF; 1 EAF[8][9][10][11]
Closure semi-finished; finished rolled[2] rails, wire rod, steel bars, semis, seamless tubes, drawn steel, billet[6] [7] [7] BF, BOF[5] 1 BF; 1 BOF[5]
Expansion semi-finished; finished rolled[2] rails, wire rod, steel bars, semis, seamless tubes, drawn steel, billet[6] [7] [7] EAF[5] 1 EAF[5]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Phase Capacity operating status* Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant operating 1300 TTPA[12][9][10] 200 TTPA[9][10] 1500 TTPA[12][9][10][9][10]
Closure operating pre-retirement 1300 TTPA[12][9][10] 1300 TTPA[12][9][10]
Expansion announced >0 TTPA[5] >0 TTPA[5]

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Phase Capacity operating status* Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
Main plant operating 1100 TTPA[13][9] 1100 TTPA[13][9]
Closure operating pre-retirement 1000 TTPA[11] 1000 TTPA[11]
Expansion announced

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Phase Sinter Coke
Main plant >0 TTPA[10] 700 TTPA[14]
Closure [10] [14]
Expansion [10] [14]

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

Year BOF Production EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020 2382 TTPA[10] 199 TTPA[10] 2581 TTPA
2021 2215 TTPA[15] 185 TTPA[15] 2400 TTPA
2022 2252 TTPA[15] 188 TTPA[15] 2440 TTPA

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

Year BF Production Total (all routes)
2020 2107 TTPA[10] 2107 TTPA
2021 1943 TTPA[16] 1943 TTPA
2022 1970 TTPA[16] 1970 TTPA

Blast Furnace Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Retired date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
4 operating[11][12][8] unknown unknown 1965[17] Paul Wurth (parts)[18] 8 meters (hearth diameter)[19] 1100[13][9] Constructing a cold iron briquetting line for use in the blast furnaces and starting the reuse of coke oven gas throughout the plant, all with the aim of emissions reduction[20][21] 2024[22]
6 operating pre-retirement[5] unknown unknown 1952[11] 2030[5] Paul Wurth (2021 update)[18] 8 meters (hearth diameter)[19] 1000[11] Constructing a cold iron briquetting line for use in the blast furnaces and starting the reuse of coke oven gas throughout the plant, all with the aim of emissions reduction[20][21] 2021-10[12][13][23][24]

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