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AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke Dillingen

operating pre-retirement

AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke AG · BF–BOF Integrated route · Dillengen, Europe, Germany

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AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke Dillingen 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 2.8 million tonnes per year. Its main products are structural, plate.

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1969

Emissions

2025

3.49 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

2,760

BOF

2,760

Blast Furnace

4,782

Production

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

Iron Units

BF
BF 3mothballed
730 ttpa1280 m³ · relined 2003wiki
BF
BF 4operating pre-retirement
2,227 ttpa2360 m³ · relined 2025Paul Wurthwiki
BF
BF 5operating pre-retirement
2,555 ttpa2893 m³ · relined 2010wiki
DRI
unknown DRI (1)announced
2,500 ttpasyngas (reformed methane) · capablePrimetalswiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)announced
1,750 ttpa195 tPrimetalswiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)announced
1,400 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF 1operating pre-retirement
1,380 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating pre-retirement
1,380 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Iron ore Vale pellets

Steel Products

structural, plate

Ownership

Owner AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke AG

Parent Montan-Stiftung-Saar [50.9%]; ArcelorMittal SA [29.8%]; unknown [8.7%]

Workforce 3,600 employees

Country Context

Germany 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.