Salzgitter Flachstahl steel plant
operating pre-retirementSalzgitter, Europe, Germany
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 2001
Emissions
2025
7.58 Mt CO₂e
1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
5,200
BOF
5,200
Blast Furnace
4,880
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power PPA for Nordlicht 1 offshore wind farm; Project to use wind energy for H2 to produce low CO2 steel; PPA for 80 MW of solar from Friesen Elektra; PPA for 126 GWh of clean energy per year generated at the Octopus solar power plant in Schibsdorf (Bradenburg); PPA for 900 GWh from Iberdrola solar; PPA for 120 GW of solar electricity from Energiekontor; PPA for 64 GWh/year from RWE Supply & Trading
Steel Products
galvanized, cold rolled, coated, hot rolled
Ownership
Owner Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
Parent Salzgitter AG
Workforce 5,906 employees
State ownership Partial
Country Context
Germany crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Salzgitter
Europe
Germany
52.1618°, 10.4094°