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ThyssenKrupp Steel Duisburg

operating pre-retirement

BF–BOF Integrated route · Duisburg, Europe, Germany

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ThyssenKrupp Steel Duisburg 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 9.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are sheet, plate, strip, electrical, coated.

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1891

Emissions

2025

16.4 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

9,000

BOF

9,000

Blast Furnace

11,400

Sinter

12,000

Coking

2,500

Iron Units

BF
BF 1operating pre-retirement
3,650 ttpa4200 m³ · relined 2021ThyssenKrupp; Saint-Gobain (hearth)wiki
BF
BF 2operating pre-retirement
4,050 ttpa5513 m³ · relined 2014Paul Wurth; ThyssenKrupp; Saint-Gobain (hearth)wiki
BF
BF 8operating pre-retirement
2,000 ttpa2120 m³Paul Wurthwiki
BF
BF 9operating pre-retirement
1,700 ttparelined 2012wiki
DRI
unknown DRI (1)announced
2,500 ttpasyngas (reformed methane) · capableTS Elinowiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating pre-retirement
4,500 ttpaSMSwiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating pre-retirement
4,500 ttpaSMSwiki

Inputs & Energy

Power Hermann Wenzel on-site captive power plant. Burns coupling gases and coke oven gas and provides electricity and process steam. Output of 339 megawatts.

Steel Products

sheet, plate, strip, electrical, coated

Ownership

Owner Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG

Parent thyssenkrupp AG [80.0%]; EP Investment S.à r.l. [17.9%]; Tiliacordata Limited [2.1%]

Workforce 26,303 employees

Country Context

Germany crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).

Facility emissions estimates from Climate TRACE. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.