Deutsche Edelstahlwerke is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of 600 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are square, billet, forged.
Process Route
EAF
Timeline
Operating since 1927
Emissions
2025
0.034 Mt CO₂e
0.08 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
600
EAF
600
Steel Units
Steel Products
square, billet, forged
Ownership
Owner Deutsche Edelstahlwerke GmbH
Parent Swiss Steel Holding AG
Workforce 800 employees
Country Context
Germany crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Siegen
Europe
Germany
50.9228°, 8.0240°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 600 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1927
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded