Tenaris Dalmine steel plant

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Tenaris Dalmine steel plant, also known as Sabbio Bergamasco gas cyclinder mill, is a steel plant in Dalmine, Province of Bergamo, Italy that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Via Levate No. 2 24044, Sabbio Bergamasco, Dalmine, Bergamo, Italy
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 45.641516, 9.600242 (exact)

Low-emissions/green steelmaking

This steel plant is associated with a green steel project tracked in the Green Steel Tracker. Details about the project are included below.

Table 1: Green Steel Project Details

All references for the above data are available in the Green Steel Tracker.
Project 1
Project name Dalmine Zero Emissions
Company Techint Group
Company has climate goals? No
Location Dalmine, Italy
Project website Site
Project scale Full scale
Project status Announced
Year to be online Not stated
Technology to be used H2 production
Technology details Green electricity electrolysis
Iron production capacity (million tonnes per year) Not applicable
Steel production capacity (million tonnes per year) Not applicable
CO2 capture (million tonnes CO2 per year) Not applicable
Hydrogen generation capacity (MW) 20
Investment size (m USD) Not stated
Partners Edison, Snam
Date of announcement 2021-11-01

Plant Details

Table 2: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Power source
1909[1] 1900[2] 120 MW captive power plant[3]

Table 3: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Tenaris SA 4295883040 E100000000692 Dalmine SpA[4] 4295875523 E100000002771

Table 4: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
finished rolled[3] pipe[3] automotive, energy, tools and machinery[3] 2023-07-04[5] yes[3] EAF

Table 5: 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 700[6] 700[6]

Table 6: 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 7: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) operating[4] 1976 Tagliaferri; Tenova[7] 700[6] 95.0[8][6][9]

Table 8: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated
unknown EAF (1) yes[3] 88.00[3] 12.00[3]

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References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20220718081710/https://www.tenaris.com/en/about-us. Archived from the original on 2022-07-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120192214/https://www.promozioneacciaio.it/cms/it4416-tenaris-dalmine.asp. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211102162206/https://www.tenaris.com/media/k3nn5eim/epd-linepipe.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220108032950/https://www.tenaris.com/en/contact/tenaris-around-the-world. Archived from the original on 2022-01-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20231205121609/https://www.tenaris.com/en/products-and-services/qhse-certifications?region=global. Archived from the original on 2023-12-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Map of EU steel production sites" (PDF). Eurofer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18.
  7. https://www.academia.edu/107268299/The_Electric_Arc_Furnace_of_Tenaris_Dalmine_From_the_Application_of_the_New_Technologies_of_Digital_Electrode_Regulation_and_Multipoint_Injection_to_the_Dynamic_Control_of_the_Process?uc-sb-sw=56039161. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. AIST_EAF_2022
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20220319204232/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292916802_Dynamic_process_control_for_the_EAF_of_Tenaris_Dalmine. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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