Riva Alpa Gargenville 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 700 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, rebar.
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Operating since 1974
Emissions
2025
0.025 Mt CO₂e
0.08 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t
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Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
700
EAF
700
Steel Units
Steel Products
billet, rebar
Ownership
Owner ALPA - Aciéries et Laminoirs de Paris SAS
Parent Riva Forni Elettrici SpA
Workforce 186 employees
Country Context
France crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Gargenville
Europe
France
48.9835°, 1.7625°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 700 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1974
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded