Van Merksteijn International steel plant

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Van Merksteijn International steel plant, also known as Green Steel Mill, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) announced steel plant in Eemshaven, Groningen, Netherlands.

Location

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  • Location: Eemshaven, Netherlands
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 53.440581, 6.844773 (approximate)

Background

Production at the Van Merksteijn International steel plant is scrap-based.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Construction date Start date Workforce size
Announced[2][3] 2022[4][5] 2024[4][5][6] 275[7]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Van Merksteijn BV [100.0%] 4296056546 [100%] E100000130763 [100%] Van Merksteijn International BV[8][3] 5052521680 E100000131042

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[9] fencing panels, reinforcement products (welded fabric, special mesh, spacers, lattice girders, bars, coils), galvanised wire on coil[9] 2021[10] EAF[11][3] 1 EAF (100-tonne; Danieli)[3]

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.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced 580 TTPA[5] 580 TTPA[5]

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References

  1. "Sustainability Policy 2020" (PDF). Van Merksteijn. Retrieved 2022-04-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. (PDF) https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2022.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320165918/https://www.danieli.com/en/news-media/news-events/new-danieli-minimill-europe_37_310.htm. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220123093948/https://www.kallanish.com/en/news/steel/market-reports/article-details/new-wire-rod-mill-projected-in-the-netherlands-0122/. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220517021413/https://www.wirecable.in/2022/01/van-merksteijn-to-build-new-steel-wire-rod-mill-in-the-netherlands-by-2024/. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20240110020358/https://xml.metalbulletin.com/Article/4024318/industry-all/Van-Merksteijn-to-build-new-steel-wire-rod-mill-in-Netherlands-by-2024.html. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20230802115538/https://www.groningen-seaports.com/en/nieuws/van-merksteijn-invests-significantly-in-eemshaven/. Archived from the original on 02 August 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210807133859/http://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 August 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220120111203/https://www.van-merksteijn.com/en/product-overview/. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220320131426/https://www.van-merksteijn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/VM-Steel-ISO-14001-1.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125062322/https://van-merksteijn.com/en/about-us/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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