Salzgitter AG has now commissioned the construction of a new shredding plant for scrap. The construction of the facility on the integrated smelting site in Salzgitter will cost a total of around 30 million euros. The new plant will enable the processing of high-quality scrap grades. This makes it a further building block for the production of “green steel” as part of SALCOS® - Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking.
The Düsseldorf-based machine and systems manufacturer Lindemann GmbH and the Belgian company Lybover are partners in the construction of the new shredder. Both have many years of expertise in the areas of machine technology and comminution as well as processing systems and exhaust air technology and will competently support Deutsche Erz- und Metall-Union GmbH (DEUMU) in the construction of the 189 meter long and 66 meter wide plant.
“With this investment we want to strategically realign our scrap management at the Salzgitter location. We are aiming to expand our scrap recycling using high-quality steel scrap in order to enable the future production of low-CO2 steel. In this way, we are creating the conditions to ensure the Group's scrap supply in the future, both quantitatively and qualitatively," says Sandrina Sieverdingbeck, Managing Director of DEUMU.
Partner for production processes
DEUMU is also developing the scrap type 4 SALCOS®, which meets the properties in the SALCOS® production process. The commissioning of the new unit is also coordinated with the start of the first stage of the SALCOS® - Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking transformation program in 2026. The conversion of steel production at the Salzgitter site should be completely completed by the end of 2033, well ahead of the legal requirements.
“We know that - driven by the circular economy, i.e. a material cycle - demand for scrap will increase significantly globally. The need for high-quality steel scrap will increase, particularly due to the increasing electrification of steel routes worldwide for CO2-reduced steel. The processing of these scrap materials from old scrap is then made possible primarily by modern shredding and sorting systems. The new shredder is therefore an investment in product quality and, above all, serves to secure our own needs,” explains Gunnar Groebler, CEO of Salzgitter AG.
