Salzgitter AG has now commissioned the construction of a new shredding plant for scrap.

Overall, the construction of the system on the integrated smelting site in Salzgitter, directly adjacent to the SALCOS systems currently under construction, will cost around 30 million euros. The new facility 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 CO 2 Steelmaking.

Partners in the construction of the new shredder are the Dusseldorf-based machine and systems manufacturer Lindemann GmbH and the Belgian company Lybover. 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.

Sandrina Sieverdingbeck, Managing Director of DEUMU : '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-CO 2 steel. In this way, we are creating the conditions to ensure the Group's scrap supply in the future, both quantitatively and qualitatively.'

At the same time, DEUMU is developing scrap type 4 SALCOS with internal partners , which meets the properties of 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 CO 2 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.

Gunnar Groebler, CEO of Salzgitter AG : 'We know that - driven by the circular economy, i.e. a material cycle - demand for scrap will increase significantly globally. Especially due to the increasing electrification of steel routes worldwide for CO 2 -reduced steel, the need for high-quality steel scrap will increase. 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.'

Hans Boels, CEO of the Lybover Group : 'In this project, we combine our many years of experience in dedusting and processing technology in the scrap industry with the Open Box System that we have defined after a detailed process analysis together with DEUMU and Lindemann in order to achieve the future specifications for scrap recycling and emission limit values. This project will offer a permanent solution to the qualitative and quantitative challenges with high-quality scrap. The dedusting system will meet the strictest TA -Comply with air limit values.

Carl Gustaf Goransson, CEO Lindemann Germany GmbH

As a medium-sized traditional company in mechanical and plant engineering, we are particularly proud to be able to realize this demanding project in the field of metal recycling together with our partners DEUMU and Lybover. We are even more pleased that that DEUMU has chosen metal recycling machines to achieve the very demanding goals of our globally recognized expertise in heavy engineering.

Contact:

Thorsten Mollmann

Head of Group Communications and Brand

Tel: +49 5341 21-2300

Email: moellmann.t@salzgitter-ag.de

Olaf Reinecke

Group press spokesman

Tel: +49 5341 21-5350

Email: reinecke.o@salzgitter-ag.de

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