Outokumpu Avesta 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 500 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are cold rolled, plate, hot rolled.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1930
Emissions
2025
0.046 Mt CO₂e
0.13 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
500
EAF
500
Steel Units
Steel Products
cold rolled, plate, hot rolled
Ownership
Owner Outokumpu Stainless AB
Parent Solidium Oy [15.5%]; small shareholder(s)
Workforce 700 employees
State ownership Partial
Country Context
Sweden crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Nearby Plants
Other Solidium Oy; small shareholder(s) plants
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Location
Avesta
Europe
Sweden
60.1488°, 16.1728°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 500 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1930
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded