Acciaierie d'Italia Taranto
operating pre-retirementBF–BOF Integrated route · Taranto, Europe, Italy
Acciaierie d'Italia Taranto makes steel by the integrated route: iron ore is smelted into liquid hot metal in a blast furnace, then refined into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 7.8 million tonnes per year. Its main products are pipe, tube, flat.
Process Route
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
Steel Units
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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Location
Taranto
Europe
Italy
40.5090°, 17.2076°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 7,800 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1965
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded