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British Steel Scunthorpe plant

operating pre-retirement

North Lincolnshire, Europe, United Kingdom

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1864

Emissions

2025

2.64 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

4,500

BOF

4,500

Blast Furnace

3,000

Production

Crude steel production: 4,500 ttpa (2024)

Iron Units

BF
BF Anne; 3operating pre-retirement
1,500 ttpa1629 m³ · relined 2000wiki
BF
BF Bessmothballed pre-retirement
1,200 ttpa1255 m³ · relined 2007wiki
BF
BF Mary; 9mothballed pre-retirement
1,200 ttpa1255 m³ · relined 1993wiki
BF
BF Victoria; 4operating pre-retirement
1,500 ttpa1537 m³ · relined 2006wiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)cancelled
1,000 ttpa130 twiki
BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating pre-retirement
1,500 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating pre-retirement
1,500 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (3)operating pre-retirement
1,500 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power on site steam boiler, grid electricity

Steel Products

wire rod, rail, sections, bloom, billet, rolled, slab, profile

Ownership

Owner British Steel Ltd

Parent Jingye Steel (Uk) Holding Ltd

Workforce 3,000 employees

Country Context

United Kingdom crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).

Facility emissions estimates from Climate TRACE. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.