SSAB Luleå follows the DRI–EAF route: iron ore is reduced in the solid state to direct reduced iron by direct reduction, then melted into steel in an electric arc furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of 13 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are coke, slab, castings.
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Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1941
Emissions
2025
3.27 Mt CO₂e
1.89 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
13
EAF
13
DRI
9
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Steel Products
coke, slab, castings
Ownership
Owner SSAB AB
Parent SSAB AB [100.0%]
Workforce 1,200 employees
State ownership Partial
Country Context
Sweden crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Luleå
Europe
Sweden
65.5597°, 22.2197°
At a Glance
- Route
- DRI–EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 13 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1941
- Products
- Crude, semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded