List of European blast furnace plants

The number of blast furnace sites in Europe, excluding Russia and Ukraine, has decreased significantly since the 1950s. While 136 blast furnaces were still in operation in Germany in 1960, there were only 16 in 2005. The reasons for this change can be found in capacity adjustments and in the rationalization of the blast furnace process.

The need for the preservation and museumization of blast furnace plants that arose in the 1980s shows that their cultural value and their significance as landmarks are increasingly accepted by society.

List by states, excluding Russia and Ukraine

Country	operator	place	number of blast furnaces	Status *)	Working volume (m³)	Hearth diameter (m)	feed	Shutdown	End products	annotation	image
Albania	Kürüm International	Elbasan	2	shut down	310 m³ 310 m³			1991	Long products	Steel production was switched to a 60 T electric arc furnace.
Belgium	ArcelorMittal	Liège- Ougrée	1	shut down	1677 m³	9.8 m	Skip	2011	Hot wide strip	Blast furnace B was finally shut down on August 1, 2011
	ArcelorMittal	Liege -Seraing	1	tore off	1680 m³	9.3 m	Skip	2008	Hot wide strip	Blast furnace 6 closed on November 19, 2008, demolished on December 16, 2016
	ArcelorMittal	Gent-Zelzate	2	active	1783 m³ 2555 m³	10 m 10.5 m	Skip Skip	-	Hot wide strip
	Carsid-Duferco	Charleroi	1	inactive	1490 m³	9.0 m	Skip	2008	Hot strip,	Blast furnace 4 was shut down on November 11, 2008 in the wake of the economic crisis .
	Duferco	Clabecq	3	tore off	1366 m³ 681 m³ 681 m³	7.9 m 5.2 m 5.2 m	Skip Sink bucket Sink bucket	2001	Hot strip	A rolling mill is still in operation. It was decided in 2006 to demolish the blast furnace facility.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	ArcelorMittal / BH Steel	Zenica	1	active	2000 m³	-	-		Long products, forgings	1992 temporarily out of service due to the war; in operation again since July 2008 ("Fenix ​​Project")
		Vares	2	ruins	-	-	-	1992	Castings	Destruction from the effects of war
Bulgaria	Kremikovtzi	Sofia	3	in demolition	1033 m³ 1033 m³ 1033 m³	-	Skip Skip skip	2008	Hot wide strip, heavy plate, long products.	-
Germany	ArcelorMittal	Bremen	2	active	1424 m³ 2688 m³	9.2 m 12.0 m	Skip tape	-	Hot wide strip	-
	ArcelorMittal	Eisenhüttenstadt	4th	2 active	840 m³ 1770 m³	7.10 m 9.75 m	Skip Skip Skip Skip	-	Flat steel, hot wide strip, semi-finished products (slabs, blooms, ingots)	The modernized blast furnace 1 (built in 1951) and the modern large blast furnace 5A (built in 1997) are currently in operation, the blast furnaces 2 and 3 from the 1950s are in reserve.
	DK recycling	Duisburg	2	active	460 m³ 580 m³	4.5 m 5.5 m	Vertical elevator with drop bucket	-	Pig iron ingots	Only one blast furnace is in operation at a time. Loading u. a. with zinc-containing dust from neighboring steelworks.
	Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann	Duisburg	2	active	2449 m³ 2824 m³	10.3 m 11.3 m	Skip Skip	-	Slabs, round bars	-
	Maxhütte	Sulzbach-Rosenberg	1	shut down	716 m³	6.3 m	Vertical elevator with drop bucket	2002	Rails, beams	A large part of the former integrated steel works is currently being demolished. Only a small part, including the blast furnace, is to be retained.
	Neunkirchen ironworks	Neunkirchen (Saar)	2	preserved in a museum	-	-	Vertical elevator with drop bucket	1982	Free cutting steels	Today the two remaining blast furnaces are integrated as a hut park in the old hut area in Neunkirchen . Blast furnace VI is accessible to visitors as part of guided tours.
	Rogesa / Dillinger Hut	Dillingen / Saar	3	active	2358 m³ 2581 m³	11.2 m 12 m	Band band	-	Heavy plates, long products	Two blast furnaces are working, while an older one is in reserve.
	Salzgitter steel	Salzgitter	3	active	1606 m³ 2330 m³ 2510 m³	9.5 m 10.8 m 11.2 m	Skip band band	-	Hot wide strip	Three blast furnaces are in operation
	Völklinger Hütte	Völklingen	6th	preserved in a museum	-	6 m	Inclined elevator with overhead conveyor system	1986	Long products	The facility is now operated as a World Heritage Site at the Völklinger Hütte . The blast furnace group is accessible to visitors.
	Thyssen steel	Duisburg-Meiderich	3	preserved in a museum	517 m³ 471 m³ 698 m³	5.2 m 5.6 m 7.0 m	Skip Skip Skip	1985	Liquid pig iron, pig iron ingots	Today the blast furnaces are part of the North Landscape Park . Blast furnace 5 is open to visitors.
	Thyssen steel	Hattingen	1	preserved in a museum	-	7.5 m	Skip	1987	Heavy plate, forged billets, cast steel	Today the remaining blast furnace 3 is part of the LWL-Industriemuseum Henrichshütte and is accessible to visitors.
	ThyssenKrupp Steel	Duisburg-Hamborn	4th	active	Bruckhausen plant: 2030 m³ 2120 m³ Factory part Schwelgern : 3844 m³ 4769 m³	Bruckhausen plant: 10.74 m 10.64 m Schwelgern plant section: 13.60 m 14.90 m	Skip Skip Band Band	-	Hot wide strip, liquid pig iron	Blast furnaces 9 (built in 1961, relining in 1987 and 2012) and 8 (built in 2007) are active in the Bruckhausen plant. In the Schwelgern part of the plant, large blast furnaces 1 (built in 1973, relined in 2008) and 2 (built in 1993, relined in 2014) are active.
	Thyssen Krupp steel	Dortmund-Hörde	2	shut down	-	8.0 m 9.7 m	Skip skip	1998	Hot wide strip	The Phoenix-West facility is accessible to visitors as part of guided tours via a circular route called the “Skywalk”. Blast furnace 5 has been accessible up to the Gicht stage since 2014. The tapping hall and the interior of the furnace shell of the blast furnace 6, which has been gutted except for the lower part and the frame, can also be accessed via the Skywalk. The final use of the remaining parts of blast furnace 6 has not yet been decided.
Finland	FNsteel	Koverhar	1	active	570 m³	6.5 m	-	-	Long products	The blast furnace plant belonging to FNsteel has been operated by ABB since 2007.
	Rautaruukki	Raahe	2	active	1300 m³ 1300 m³	8.0 m 8.0 m	Skip skip	-	Hot strip, heavy plate	-
France	ArcelorMittal	Dunkerque	3	active	1609 m³ 1994 m³ 3626 m³	10.2 m 14.0 m	Skip Skip Skip, band	-	Hot wide strip, heavy plate	-
	ArcelorMittal	Hayange	3	shut down	1270 m³ 1310 m³ 1425 m³	8.5 m 8.6 m 8.7 m	Skip Skip Skip	2011	Hot wide strip	-
	ArcelorMittal	Fos-sur-Mer	2	active	2850 m³ 2850 m³	11.8 m 11.8 m	Band band	-	Hot wide strip	-
	Lorfonte	Uckange	1	preserved in a museum	1015 m³	6.15 m	Vertical elevator with drop bucket	1991	Pig iron	The U4 blast furnace is now part of the Parc du Haut-Fourneau.
	Saint Gobain	Pont-à-Mousson	3	active	-	5.7 m	-	-	Foundry iron
United Kingdom	Tata Steel Europe	Port Talbot / Wales	2	active	1374 m³ 1787 m³ 2134 m³	9.45 m 10.8 m	Skip Skip Skip	-	Hot wide strip	-
	SSI	Redcar / England	1	active	3628 m³	14.0 m	tape	2010	Raw material	-
	British Steel	Scunthorpe / England	4th	active	1255 m³ 1360 m³ 1537 m³ 1537 m³	8.33 m 8.33 m 9.0 m 9.0 m	Skip Skip Skip Skip	-	Hot strip, primary material	-
Italy	Lucchini	Piombino	1	active	2556 m³	11.60 m	tape	-	Hot strip, long products	Blast furnace 4 is in operation; Blast furnace 1 was blown up in 2009.
	Lucchini	Trieste	2	active	620 m³ 621 m³	6.15 m 6.15 m	-	-	Pig iron ingots, billets	-
	Riva	Taranto	5	active	2406 m³ 2448 m³ 2471 m³ 2471 m³ 4335 m³	10.2 m 10.3 m 10.6 m 10.6 m 14.0 m	-	-	Hot wide strip, tubes	-
Croatia	Sisak SP MK Zeljezare	Sisak	2	tore off	202 m³ 202 m³	3.8 m 3.8 m	-	-	-	tore off
Luxembourg	Arbed	Esch-sur-Alzette	2	preserved in a museum	2300 t 3000 t	8 m 9.2 m	Skip skip	1995 1998	-	The two blast furnaces are to become part of a new technology park in the future.
Netherlands	Tata Steel Europe	IJmuiden	2	active	2680 m³ 4200 m³	11.0 m 13.8 m	Skip skip	-	Hot wide strip	-
Austria	voestalpine	Donawitz	2	active	1205 m³ 1343 m³	8.0 m 8.0 m	Skip skip	-	Rails, wire, seamless tubes	-
	voestalpine	Linz	3	active	1146 m³ 1175 m³ 1201 m³ 3125 m³	8.0 m 8.0 m 8.0 m 12 m	Skip Skip Skip Turning chore	-	Hot wide strip, heavy plate	-
Poland	Huta Czestochowa	Czestochowa	1	tore off	1033 m³	-	Skip	2001	Heavy plate	The last blast furnace (Blast Furnace B) was demolished in 2009–2010.
	Huta Pokoj	Ruda Śląska	1	shut down	-	-	Skip	-	Heavy plate	-
	Huta Szczecin	Szczecin	2	demolished (see also Eisenwerk Kraft AG )	490 m³ 490 m³		Skip skip	2005	Pig iron ingots	In 2010 the two blast furnaces were dismantled.
	ArcelorMittal	Dąbrowa Gornicza	3	active	3200 m³ 3200 m³ 3200 m³	-	Skip Skip Skip	-	Rails, profiles	-
	ArcelorMittal	Kraków-Nowa Huta	3	active	1719 m³ 1719 m³ 2002 m³	9.1 m 9.1 m 9.75 m	Skip Skip Skip	-	Hot strip	-
	star	Starachowice	1	preserved in a museum	-	-	-	1968		The blast furnace is now part of the Jana Pazdura Nature and Technology Museum.
Portugal	Siderurgia Nacional	Seixal	1	shut down	670 m³	6.5 m	Skip	2001	Profiles, long products	-
Romania	ArcelorMittal	Galaţi	6th	1 active, 4 shut down, 1 canceled.	(1700 m³ closed), (1700 m³ closed), (1700 m³ closed), (1700 m³ closed), 2700 m³, (3500 m³ in demolition)		Blast Furnaces 1-5: Skip Blast Furnace 6: Belt	-	Hot strip, heavy plate, forged ingots	Blast furnaces 1 and 2 have been shut down since 2008, blast furnace 6 since 1994 and is currently being demolished. Blast furnace 4 has been shut down since September 2011 and should be repaired. Blast furnace 3 has been shut down since December 2011. Only blast furnace 5 is currently in operation.
	TMK	Reșița	1	preserved in a museum	700 m³		-		Semi-finished products, profiles, wire.
	Siderca Călăraşi	Călărasi	1	in demolition	3500 m³		-	-	Sticks, rails	Never put into operation
Sweden	SSAB	Luleå	2	active	-	-	-	-	Slabs	-
	SSAB	Oxelösund	2	active	-	-	-	-	Heavy plate	-
Serbia and Montenegro	US Steel	Smederevo	2	active	1120 m³ 1386 m³	7.7 m 8.2 m	Skip skip	-	Hot strip	-
Slovakia	US Steel Košice	Košice	3	active	2050 m³ 2050 m³ 2050 m³		Skip Skip Skip	-	Hot wide strip, heavy plate	-
Spain	Altos Hornos de Vizcaya	Sestao	1	preserved in a museum	757 m³	6.5 m	Skip	1996	-	-
	Altos Hornos del Mediterráneo	Sagunto	1	preserved in a museum		5.5 m	Skip	1986	-	A museum use is planned.
	ArcelorMittal	Gijón	2	active	2731 m³ 2731 m³	11.3 m 11.3 m	Band band	-	Hot strip, heavy plate	-
Czech Republic	Arcelor Mittal	Ostrava	4th	active	-	-	Skip Skip Skip Skip	-	Long products, pig iron ingots, pipes	Blast furnace 1 has been shut down, blast furnace 3 will be under renovation until 2011 and will then also be put back into operation. Blast furnaces 2 and 4 are currently in operation.
	Třinecké Železarny	Třinec	2	active	1373 m³ 1373 m³	8.2 m 8.2 m	Skip skip	-	Long products	-
	Vítkovice SA	Vítkovice	3	preserved in a museum	-	-	Skip Skip Skip	1998	-	Today the blast furnace is a cultural monument. The aim is to use it as a museum, the facility is currently under renovation. Since 2001 also a request, the entire system to run UNESCO - World Heritage to appoint.
Hungary	Dunaferr	Dunaújváros	2	active	960 m³ 1033 m³	-	Skip skip	-	Hot strip	-

*) "Active" does not mean that all blast furnaces are in operation. “Shut down” only refers to blast furnace operation.

literature

• Rainer Slotta: Technical monuments in the Federal Republic of Germany. 5. Part 3. The blast furnace works. Bochum 1988, ISBN 3-921533-41-4 .
• Metal Bulletin Directories: Iron and Steel Works of the World 2012 , 20th ed., ISBN 978-1907607370 .

Web links

Websites with photographs of numerous blast furnace plants in Europe:

• http://www.hfinster.de/
• http://www.viktormacha.com/
• http://www.stahlseite.de/
• http://www.industriedenkmal.de/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ RTL Newmedia: Revoyez l'IMPRESSIONNANTE démolition du haut-fourneau de Seraing . In: RTL Info . ( rtl.be [accessed on July 10, 2017]).

• Industrial icon: Made for Germany's most famous blast furnace ; Article in “Die Welt” from September 17, 2012