The investment, named the “Mistral Project,” will enable the company to transition toward a more sustainable and flexible structure in hot-rolled steel production across Europe. The plant is expected to produce up to 2.1 million tons of stainless and carbon steel hot-rolled coils annually, covering roughly 30% of Marcegaglia’s total hot-rolled steel requirements.
Under the project, Danieli will implement state-of-the-art, fully automated systems across all production stages, including scrap preparation, electric steelmaking, slab casting, and hot strip rolling. At the heart of the new facility will be the ECS continuous scrap charging system, Tornado scrap preheating, Fastarc Zerobucket furnace, and Q-Melt adaptive process control. These advanced technologies will provide high energy efficiency while minimizing carbon and NOx emissions.
One of the plant’s most striking features will be the single-stand caster, designed to produce carbon steel slabs with thicknesses ranging from 200 to 250 mm. Part of these slabs will be directed to the new hot strip mill, while the rest will be processed at Marcegaglia’s slab rolling mill in San Giorgio di Nogaro, Italy.
Thanks to its flexible production line design, the facility will be capable of processing stainless steel slabs in Steckel mode and carbon steel slabs in continuous rolling mode, ensuring supply of diverse products both for the Ravenna cold rolling complex and other Marcegaglia plants.
In addition, advanced water treatment and fume filtration systems will be integrated to ensure full compliance with environmental standards. Process control will be managed by Danieli Automation, further enhancing production efficiency and quality.
The new plant is scheduled to begin operations in mid-2028, marking a significant milestone in Marcegaglia’s strategy to strengthen its competitive position in the European hot-rolled steel market and achieve its sustainability goals.
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