Voestalpine Stahl Donawitz steel plant
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Voestalpine Stahl Donawitz steel plant, also known as Donawitz Steelworks, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Leoben, Styria, Austria.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Leoben, Styria, Austria:
- Location: Kerpelystraße 199, 8700 Leoben, Austria
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 47.380455, 15.065182 (exact)
Background
The Voestalpine Stahl Donawitz steel plant began operating in 1878, with the history of the plant tracing back to the first hammer mills in Leoben that were established in 1436. In 1878, the construction of the Donawitz-Vordernberg railway line nearby created demand for steel and the plant was erected, with more units and ovens being added on through the years.[1]
In 1991, the Donawitz site split into three separate companies; in 1995, voestalpine had its initial public offering and purchased the site.[1]
In 2007, voestalpine completed the addition of a debris water plant, and in 2008, a captive power plant began operating onsite to power the plant's operations.[1]
In 2017, voestalpine announced it would be investing $114m in various equipment at the Donawitz plant yet no updates on these investments were publicly available.[2]
The plant is known for its low number of onsite employees; in 2017 several articles were published regarding how the plant only needed 14 people to make 500,000 tons of robust steel wire a year.[3][4]
The plant is listed as "Sinteranl., Hochöfen, Stahlwerk Donawitz" in a Sandbag report (link unknown), meaning "Sinter plant, blast furnaces, steelworks Donawitz," meaning it could have a sinter plant as well.
Transition
In March 2023 the company approved a EUR 1.5 billion investment to transition the plant away from BF-BOF production by building an EAF with 850ttpa steelmaking capacity. The EAF, along with another at the company's Linz plant, is expected to be commissioned in 2027. The company also announced that it will be decommissioning two blast furnaces, one each at the two plants in this expansion cycle and two more by 2030.[5]
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
| Project 1 | Project 2 | Project 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company | voestalpine Group | voestalpine Group | voestalpine Group |
| Company has climate goals? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Location | Donawitz, Austria | Donawitz, Austria | Donawitz, Austria |
| Project name | SuSteel | HYFOR | Greentec steel - Donawitz |
| Project website | Site | Site | Site |
| Project scale | Pilot | Pilot | Full scale |
| Project status | Finalized (research & testing) | Finalized (research & testing) | Construction |
| Year to be online | 2021 | 2021 | 2027 |
| Technology to be used | ESR | H-DRI | BF-BOF to EAF |
| Technology details | Hydrogen plasma smelting reduction | H-DRI + Hy4Smelt (not conventional EAF) | EAF using HBI and scrap |
| Iron production capacity (million tonnes per year) | 9e-08 | 0 | Not applicable |
| Steel production capacity (million tonnes per year) | Not applicable | Not applicable | 0 |
| CO2 capture (million tonnes CO2 per year) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Hydrogen generation capacity(MW) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Investment size | Not stated | Not stated | 806.055 |
| Actual start year | 2021 | 2021 | – |
| Partners | K1-MET GmbH, University of Leoben | Mitsubishi Heavy, Primetals Technologies, Fortescue, K1Met, Universita del salento | - |
| Date of announcement | 2016-09-01 | 2020-12-28 | 2023-03-22 |
Plant Details
Table 2: General Plant Details
| Phase | Plant status | Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Pre-retirement announcement date | Retired date | Workforce size | Power source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | Operating[6] | – | – | 1878[7] | – | – | 1356[8] | Captive power plant[9] |
| Closure | Operating pre-retirement[10] | – | – | – | 2023[10] | 2027[10] | – | – |
| Expansion | Construction[11] | 2023[10] | 2023-09[11] | 2027[10] | – | – | – | "Power providers Austrian Power Grid (APG) and Energie Steiermark are also at work installing the EAF’s power supply infrastructure"[12] |
Table 3: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Phase | Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | Voestalpine AG [100.0%] | 4295858976 [100%] | E100001011521 [14.8%]; E100001011522 [8%]; E100001011520 | voestalpine Stahl Donawitz GmbH[6] | 5000038424 | E100000130917 |
Table 4: 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[13] | hot-rolled steel strip; cold-rolled steel strip; electrical steel strip; hot-dip galvanized steel strip; electrogalvanized steel strip; organic-coated steel strip[13] | 2023[14] | 2023[14] | BF, BOF[7] | 2 BOF; sinter plant[15][7][9][16] |
| Closure | semi-finished; finished rolled[13] | hot-rolled steel strip; cold-rolled steel strip; electrical steel strip; hot-dip galvanized steel strip; electrogalvanized steel strip; organic-coated steel strip[13] | – | – | BF, BOF[10] | 1 BOF[10] |
| Expansion | semi-finished; finished rolled[13] | hot-rolled steel strip; cold-rolled steel strip; electrical steel strip; hot-dip galvanized steel strip; electrogalvanized steel strip; organic-coated steel strip[13] | – | – | EAF[10] | 1 EAF[10] |
Table 5: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Phase | Capacity operating status* | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | operating | 720 TTPA[16] | – | 720 TTPA[16] |
| Closure | operating pre-retirement | 850 TTPA[17] | – | 850 TTPA[17] |
| Expansion | construction | – | 1700 TTPA[18][10][18][10] | 1700 TTPA[18][10][18][10] |
Table 6: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Phase | Capacity operating status* | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | operating | 825 TTPA[19] | 825 TTPA[19] |
| Closure | operating pre-retirement | 825 TTPA[19] | 825 TTPA[19] |
| Expansion | construction | – | – |
Table 7: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Phase | Sinter |
|---|---|
| Main plant | 1700 TTPA[19] |
| Closure | 1700 TTPA[19] |
| Expansion | – |
Blast Furnace Details
Table 8: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | operating[20] | unknown | unknown | unknown | – | Siemens VAI; Saint-Gobain (parts) Siemens VAI Blast Furnace Design[21][22][21] | 1205 m³[21] | 825[19] | unknown | 2018-09-25[23] |
| 4 | operating pre-retirement[10] | unknown | unknown | 1941[7] | 2027[10] | Siemens VAI; Paul Wurth (parts); Saint-Gobain (parts) Siemens VAI Blast Furnace Design[21][24][22][21] | 1343 m³[21] | 825[19] | unknown | 2016[25] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "History". Voestalpine. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ↑ Tanatar, Maria (2017-07-12). "Voestalpine to invest $114m in projects at Donawitz plant in Austria | Metal Bulletin.com". MetalBulletin. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "How Just 14 People Make 500,000 Tons of Steel a Year in Austria". Bloomberg. 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ↑ Grossman, David (2017-06-22). "Highly-Automated Austrian Steel Mill Only Needs 14 People". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ↑ "voestalpine Board OKs EUR1.5 Billion EAF Installation". AIST. 3/22/2023.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220113195420/https://www.voestalpine.com/stahldonawitz/en/company/history/. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220204142750/https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.voestalpine_stahl_donawitz_gmbh.5afb3cc4643c115af0c46e8b16f091f1.html. Archived from the original on 04 February 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220124104905/https://reports.voestalpine.com/1819/ar/servicepages/search.php?q. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240207181340/https://www.voestalpine.com/stahldonawitz/static/sites/stahldonawitz/.downloads/en/VASD_Zertifikat-ISO-9001-14001-45001_50001_engl_2023-2026.PDF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 February 2024.
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