Riva Acciaio Caronno Pertusella
operatingEAF route · Caronno Pertusella, Europe, Italy
Riva Acciaio Caronno Pertusella 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 780 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are bloom, billet.
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Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1957
Emissions
2025
0.027 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
780
EAF
780
Steel Units
Steel Products
bloom, billet
Ownership
Owner Riva Acciaio SpA
Parent Riva Forni Elettrici SpA
Workforce 200 employees
Country Context
Italy crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Caronno Pertusella
Europe
Italy
45.5982°, 9.0354°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 780 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1957
- Products
- Semi-finished
- Certifications
- 1 recorded