Swiss Steel Emmenbrücke 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 650 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are wire rod, bar.
Process Route
EAF
Timeline
Operating since 1999
Emissions
2025
0.046 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
650
EAF
650
Steel Units
EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
Inputs & Energy
Power 100% renewables
Steel Products
wire rod, bar
Ownership
Owner Swiss Steel Holding AG
Parent Swiss Steel Holding AG [100.0%]
Workforce 490 employees
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Location
Emmen
Europe
Switzerland
47.3081°, 7.8736°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 650 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1999
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded