Gueugnon Site

Our mission is to provide cost-effective and durable steel and alloy solutions with the strength, versatility and endless recyclability needed to meet the challenges of sustainable development.
Our site is classified as Seveso “high threshold”.

Activity and capacity

Stainless Europe Division
  • Cold rolling mill and finishing
Capacity
  • Finished 400 kt
  • Bright Annealing (BA) & stabilised ferritics

Location

Aperam Stainless France
Site de Gueugnon

4, Place des Forges
F-71130 Gueugnon
France
+33 3 85 85 76 00

Plant Director: Marcos Lopes

Our Sustainability Scorecard

Social Performance 2023 Group 2023 Employees + 2023 External = 2023 Site(5) 2022 Site(5)
LTIFR(1) 2.29(5) 12.58 3.76 10.66(5) 8.35(5)
TRIR(2) 5.95(5) 16.63 4.42 11.48(5) 16(5)
Severity rate(3) 0.14(5) 0.44 0.11 0.37(5) 0.59(5)
Number of employees(4) 11,497 709  n/a 709 718
— of which:  Blue-Collar Workers(4) (%) 66.2 66 n/a 66 65.2
Women(4) (%) 16.2 7.5 n/a 7.5 7.4
Charitable Contributions (k€)(6) 1,081 32.2 n/a 32.32 20.5

(1) Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate – Per 1 million hours worked.
(2) Total Recordable Injury Rate – Per 1 million hours worked.
(3) Per 1 thousand hours worked.
(4) In Full-Time Equivalent (FTE).
(5) Own employees + external (subcontractors, etc.) = total site, for H&S indicators.
(6) Mostly local Social/Sport beneficiaries, principally Gueugnon Football Club, Montceau Triathlon, Octobre Rose.

Environmental Performance 2030 Group Objectives 2023 Group 2023 Site 2022 Site
GHG emissions(7)(8) in tCO2e/tcs: –Scope 1+2 0.3 0.28 0.25 0.24
–Scope 3a (mainly raw Materials) n/a 1.97 0.15 2.06
Energy intensity in MWh/tcs(8)(9) 1.92 i.e -11% vs 2015 2.22 1.78 1.7
Recycled/Reused rate (%) >97 Reused/Recycled by 2030 93.1 86.48 86.8
Water recycling rate (%) 95.3(10) 97.8 99.85 95
Dust emissions in g/tcs(11) 75.7 i.e. -70% vs. 2015 110.6 1.41 2.9
Landfill residues (kt) Zero landfill waste 100.76 6.82 n/a

(7) Greenhouse Gas Emissions, in particular Carbon Dioxide (CO2).
(8) Intensity expressed by ton of (crude) steel processed.
(9) Electricity + Natural Gas + Liquefied Petroleum Gas.
(10) -40% water intake vs. 2015.
(11) Intensity expressed in grams of particulate matters by tons of (crude) steel processed.