British Steel Scunthorpe
operating pre-retirementBF–BOF Integrated route · North Lincolnshire, Europe, United Kingdom
British Steel Scunthorpe 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 4.5 million tonnes per year. Its main products are wire rod, rail, sections, bloom, billet, rolled, slab, profile.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1864
Emissions
2025
2.64 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
4,500
BOF
4,500
Blast Furnace
3,000
Production
Crude steel production: 4,500 ttpa (2024)
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power on site steam boiler, grid electricity
Steel Products
wire rod, rail, sections, bloom, billet, rolled, slab, profile
Ownership
Owner British Steel Ltd
Parent Jingye Steel (Uk) Holding Ltd
Workforce 3,000 employees
Country Context
United Kingdom crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
North Lincolnshire
Europe
United Kingdom
53.5808°, -0.6165°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 4,500 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1864
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded