- Joined
- Jan 20, 2014
- Messages
- 395
- Reaction score
- 891
- Points
- 93
- Location
- Kamp-Lintfort/Germany
- Website
- www.tomvandutch.de
From 1909 - 1912, Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks AG built the Adolf-Emil-Hütte.
6 of the originally planned 8 blast furnaces were realized and these went into operation between October 1911 and July 1912.
In the neighboring Audun-le-Tiche, the group also had a metallurgical plant in which the last blast furnace went out in 1964.
After the First World War and the dissolution of the German-Luxembourg customs union, GBAG was forced in 1919 to sell the smelter to ARBED, which was founded in 1911 through a merger (the history of the then merged companies dates back to 1882).
In 2002 ARVED merged with Aceralia and Usinor to form Arcelor. After the successful hostile takeover of Arcelors (second largest steel group) by the Mittal Steel Company (largest steel group in the world) in June 2006, the company is now called ArcelorMittal. This ended 114 years of Luxembourg's steel history.
The hut, then trading under Terres-Rouge, was modernized in the 1960s and 1970s and the 6 old ones were replaced by 3 modern blast furnaces (1965 Blast Furnace A, 1970 Blast Furnace B and 1979 Blast Furnace C). Blast furnace C was shut down again in 1993, sold, dismantled in 1996/97 and brought to China.
In 1996 they switched to electric steel and the next active blast furnace (blast furnace B) in Luxembourg was shut down the following year. The blast furnaces A and B have been a listed building since 2000.
A new residential area developed on the site and companies have settled there. On the site of the sintering plant, built in 1971-73, there are still a few buildings and some are idle.
The steel and rolling mill located in the eastern part is still in operation and part of the ArcelorMittal group.
In April 2013, a new electric furnace with 155t capacity was put into operation, which replaced the old electric furnace.
The mines and the iron and steel works are closed except for the rolling mill that is still in production today.
6 of the originally planned 8 blast furnaces were realized and these went into operation between October 1911 and July 1912.
In the neighboring Audun-le-Tiche, the group also had a metallurgical plant in which the last blast furnace went out in 1964.
After the First World War and the dissolution of the German-Luxembourg customs union, GBAG was forced in 1919 to sell the smelter to ARBED, which was founded in 1911 through a merger (the history of the then merged companies dates back to 1882).
In 2002 ARVED merged with Aceralia and Usinor to form Arcelor. After the successful hostile takeover of Arcelors (second largest steel group) by the Mittal Steel Company (largest steel group in the world) in June 2006, the company is now called ArcelorMittal. This ended 114 years of Luxembourg's steel history.
The hut, then trading under Terres-Rouge, was modernized in the 1960s and 1970s and the 6 old ones were replaced by 3 modern blast furnaces (1965 Blast Furnace A, 1970 Blast Furnace B and 1979 Blast Furnace C). Blast furnace C was shut down again in 1993, sold, dismantled in 1996/97 and brought to China.
In 1996 they switched to electric steel and the next active blast furnace (blast furnace B) in Luxembourg was shut down the following year. The blast furnaces A and B have been a listed building since 2000.
A new residential area developed on the site and companies have settled there. On the site of the sintering plant, built in 1971-73, there are still a few buildings and some are idle.
The steel and rolling mill located in the eastern part is still in operation and part of the ArcelorMittal group.
In April 2013, a new electric furnace with 155t capacity was put into operation, which replaced the old electric furnace.
The mines and the iron and steel works are closed except for the rolling mill that is still in production today.
