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Tata Steel IJmuiden

operating pre-retirement

BF–BOF Integrated route · Velsen-Noord, Europe, Netherlands

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Tata Steel IJmuiden makes steel by the integrated route: iron ore is smelted into liquid hot metal in a blast furnace, then refined into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 7.5 million tonnes per year. Its main products are slab, coil, strip, coated.

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1918

Emissions

2025

12.1 Mt CO₂e

1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

7,500

BOF

7,500

Blast Furnace

6,500

Sinter

4,800

Coking

1,800

Pelletising

4,800

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Iron Units

BF
BF 6operating pre-retirement
2,500 ttpa2328 m³ · relined 2024Danieli Coruswiki
BF
BF 7operating pre-retirement
4,000 ttpa3790 m³ · relined 2006Danieli Corus; Saint-Gobain (parts); Paul Wurth (parts)wiki
DRI
unknown DRI (1)announced
2,500 ttpasyngas (reformed methane) · capableTenova; Danieliwiki
DRI
unknown DRI (2)announced
3,155 ttpasyngas (reformed methane) · capableTenova; Danieliwiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)announced
3,000 ttpawiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)announced
3,000 ttpaTenovawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating pre-retirement
3,750 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating pre-retirement
3,750 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power Captive power plant at Vattenfall using plant's waste gases

Steel Products

slab, coil, strip, coated

Ownership

Owner Tata Steel Ijmuiden BV

Parent Tata Steel Ltd

Workforce 12,299 employees

State ownership Partial

Learn the processes this plant uses

Ironmaking

Blast Furnace Ironmaking

Steelmaking

Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) Steelmaking

Secondary Metallurgy

Ladle Furnace (LF) — Secondary Metallurgy

Casting

Continuous Casting

Rolling

Hot Rolling

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