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Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM)

operating pre-retirement

BF–BOF Integrated route · Duisburg, Europe, Germany

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Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM) 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 4.2 million tonnes per year. Its main products are coke, billet, pig iron, sinter, round bar, rolled, slab.

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1909

Emissions

2025

5.58 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

4,200

BOF

4,200

Blast Furnace

5,200

Sinter

6,000

Coking

1,080

Production

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

Iron Units

DRI
unknown DRI (1)announced
syngas (reformed methane) · capablewiki
DRI
unknown DRI (2)announced
syngas (reformed methane) · capablewiki
BF
BF Aoperating pre-retirement
2,500 ttpa2449 m³ · relined 2020Danieli Corus (repairs)wiki
BF
BF Boperating pre-retirement
2,700 ttpa3229 m³ · relined 2017Danieli Corus (repairs); Saint-Gobain (parts)wiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)announced
3,000 ttpawiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)announced
3,000 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating pre-retirement
2,100 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating pre-retirement
2,100 ttpawiki

Steel Products

coke, billet, pig iron, sinter, round bar, rolled, slab

Ownership

Owner Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH

Parent thyssenkrupp AG [40.0%]; Vallourec SA [20.0%]; EP Investment S.à r.l. [8.9%]; Tiliacordata Limited [1.1%]; Salzgitter AG

Workforce 3,000 employees

State ownership Partial

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.