Voestalpine Stahl Donawitz
operatingBF–BOF Integrated route · Leoben, Europe, Austria
Voestalpine Stahl Donawitz 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 720 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are galvanized, strip, coated.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1878
Emissions
2025
1.88 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
720
BOF
720
Blast Furnace
825
DRI
1
Sinter
1,700
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power Captive power plant
Steel Products
galvanized, strip, coated
Ownership
Owner Voestalpine Stahl Donawitz GmbH
Parent Voestalpine AG [100.0%]
Workforce 1,356 employees
Country Context
Austria crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Leoben
Europe
Austria
47.3805°, 15.0652°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 720 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1878
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded