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SSAB Oxelösund steel plant

operating pre-retirement

Oxelösund, Europe, Sweden

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1913

Emissions

2025

2.07 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

1,500

BOF

1,500

Blast Furnace

1,550

Production

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

Iron Units

BF
BF 2operating pre-retirement
550 ttpa760 m³ · relined 1996Paul Wurthwiki
BF
BF 4operating pre-retirement
1,000 ttpa1339 m³ · relined 2011Kölsch-Fölzer Werke; Paul Wurth (parts)wiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)construction
1,500 ttpa190 tSMS Groupwiki
BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating pre-retirement
1,500 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power "SSAB has...guaranteed the supply of sufficient clean electricity [for its EAF]"

Steel Products

coke, structural, plate

Ownership

Owner SSAB AB

Parent SSAB AB [100.0%]

Workforce 2,400 employees

State ownership Partial

Country Context

Sweden 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.