Outokumpu Tornio 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 1.2 million tonnes per year. Its main products are sheet, plate, strip, coil, hot rolled.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1976
Emissions
2025
0.14 Mt CO₂e
0.14 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
1,200
EAF
1,200
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power CHP in Tornio uses recovered process gasses
Steel Products
sheet, plate, strip, coil, hot rolled
Ownership
Owner Outokumpu Stainless AB
Parent Solidium Oy [15.5%]; small shareholder(s)
Workforce 1,700 employees
State ownership Partial
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Nearby Plants
Other Solidium Oy; small shareholder(s) plants
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Location
Tornio
Europe
Finland
65.7671°, 24.1765°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,200 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1976
- Products
- Crude, semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded