Stomana Industry Pernik 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 1.4 million tonnes per year. Its main products are bar, rebar, plate.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1958
Emissions
2025
0.037 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
1,400
EAF
1,400
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power "All electricity used at Stomana’s facilities is sourced from the national grid"
Steel Products
bar, rebar, plate
Ownership
Owner Stomana Industry AD
Parent Viohalco SA [100.0%]
Workforce 1,200 employees
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Location
Pernik
Europe
Bulgaria
42.5956°, 23.0931°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,400 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1958
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded