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.
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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
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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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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