Konin – foundry (melting of scrap and primary metal, casting of slabs), hot and cold rolling mill, finishing shop for strip, sheet and foil
operating- Capacity
- 140 kt/yrCapacity per the company: approx. 100 kt/year (2019–2023), expansion to 140 kt/year of finished products (finishing) by 2025; 2025 plan per the plant page: foundry 200 kt, rolling 165 kt, finishing 140 kt. 2024 annual report: the new cold rolling mill will increase Konin's capacity by 30 kt after full ramp-up (ramp-up from the beginning of 2025). For 2024 the relevant effective capacity is approx. 100–110 kt.
- Output 2024
- 95.5 kt product
Products: Aluminium sheet and strip (under 6 mm)
The share of recycled aluminium in Konin's metal charge (GRI 301-2) = 58.2% in 2024 (54.4% in 2023; 39.7% in 2022) – class A. scrap_charge_kt = estimate (class C): metal charge ≈ 95.5 kt × 1.067 (ratio of charge to sales for the whole of Gränges: 540/505.8) ≈ 102 kt × 0.582 ≈ 59 kt. Renewable energy share 36%, energy intensity 3.7 MWh/t (2024). Fire at one of the rolling mills in May 2022 (drop in sheet output in GUS 2023). The plant is the former Huta Aluminium Konin (Impexmetal S.A.) – electrolysis closed in 2009, part of Gränges since 2020.
Verified at source:
- A Gränges AB, Annual and Sustainability Report 2024
- B Gränges – Konin plant page (Polish version)
- B Gränges – Konin (plant page, English version)
- B Gränges AB, komunikat 28.11.2019: Gränges has signed an agreement to acquire Aluminium Konin
- B Gränges AB, komunikat: Gränges completes the acquisition of Aluminium Konin and finalizes the issue in kind (2020)
- B Gränges – Konin plant page (aluminium rolling mill; capacity from 100 to 140 kt/yr by 2025)