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
- Cold rolling mill and finishing
- 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.