CRU: SSAB to switch to CO2-free EAF steelmaking at Lulea works

Directors of Swedish steelmaker SSAB have decided to replace blast furnace-based steelmaking at Lulea with a ‘green steel’ mini-mill process.

The new-look plant will have 25% increased crude steel capacity at 2.5 million metric tons (mt) per year from two electric-arc furnaces (EAFs). It will also have advanced secondary metallurgy, a direct strip rolling mill to produce speciality products, and a cold rolling complex to serve the mobility segment with a broader range of premium products, the company said. Mill design includes enhanced product mix improvement with a 1-million-mt-per-year increase in special and premium steel grades.