Ovako Imatra 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 575 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are spring steel.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1935
Emissions
2025
0.054 Mt CO₂e
0.11 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
575
EAF
575
Steel Units
Steel Products
spring steel
Ownership
Owner Ovako AB
Parent Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co; Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc; Mizuho Financial Group Inc; Nippon Life Insurance Co; Nippon Steel Corp; Norinchukin Bank; Resona Bank Ltd; small shareholder(s); Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc; The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co Ltd
Workforce 600 employees
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Other Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co; Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc; Mizuho Financial Group Inc; Nippon Life Insurance Co; Nippon Steel Corp; Norinchukin Bank; Resona Bank Ltd; small shareholder(s); Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc; The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co Ltd plants
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Location
Terästehtaantie
Europe
Finland
61.1495°, 28.7988°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 575 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1935
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded