Lech Stahlwerke Meitingen 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 about 1.4 million tonnes per year. Its main products are pipe, billet, bars, rebar.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1970
Emissions
2025
0.08 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
1,400
EAF
1,400
Steel Units
Steel Products
pipe, billet, bars, rebar
Ownership
Owner Lech Stahlwerke GmbH
Parent Max Aicher Stahl AG [92.6%]; unknown
Workforce 800 employees
Country Context
Germany crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Meitingen
Europe
Germany
48.5121°, 10.8553°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,400 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1970
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded