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Acciaierie d'Italia Taranto steel plant

operating pre-retirement

Taranto, Europe, Italy

ISO 14001ISO 50001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1965

Emissions

2025

12.6 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

7,800

BOF

7,800

Blast Furnace

4,000

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Iron Units

BF
BF 1mothballed pre-retirement
2,000 ttparelined 2015wiki
BF
BF 2operating pre-retirement
2,000 ttparelined 2022wiki
BF
BF 4operating pre-retirement
2,000 ttparelined 2022Saint-Gobain (parts)wiki
BF
BF 5retired
3,500 ttparelined 2000wiki
DRI
unknown DRI (1)announced
2,500 ttpasyngas (reformed methane)DRI d'Italiawiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating pre-retirement
1,950 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating pre-retirement
1,950 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (3)operating pre-retirement
1,950 ttpawiki
EAF
unknown EAF (1)announced
2,000 ttpawiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)announced
2,000 ttpawiki
EAF
unknown EAF (3)announced
2,000 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (4)operating pre-retirement
1,950 ttpawiki

Steel Products

pipe, tube, flat

Ownership

Owner Acciaierie d'italia SpA

Parent Acciaierie d'italia SpA [100.0%]

Workforce 11,000 employees

State ownership Full

Country Context

Italy 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.