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SSAB Luleå steel plant

operating

Luleå, Europe, Sweden

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

DRIEAF

Timeline

Operating since 1941

Emissions

2025

3.27 Mt CO₂e

1.89 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

13

EAF

13

DRI

9

Production

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

Iron Units

DRI
unknown DRI (1)operating
9 ttpahydrogen · in-usewiki
BF
BF 3operating pre-retirement
2,555 ttpa2540 m³ · relined 2015Primetals Technologieswiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
13 ttpa10 twiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)construction
1,250 ttpa210 tDanieliwiki
EAF
unknown EAF (3)construction
1,250 ttpa210 tDanieliwiki
BOF
BOF 1operating pre-retirement
1,150 ttpaSMSwiki
BOF
BOF 2operating pre-retirement
1,150 ttpaSMSwiki

Steel Products

coke, slab, castings

Ownership

Owner SSAB AB

Parent SSAB AB [100.0%]

Workforce 1,200 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.