ArcelorMittal Poland’s steelworks in Dąbrowa Górnicza has received the largest single iron ore shipment in the plant’s history from the port of Świnoujście.
The shipment was also the heaviest ore train to arrive at the steelworks on European-gauge track. The operation was prepared by ArcelorMittal Poland’s raw material logistics and railway services purchasing teams with logistics partners, including the port forwarder and railway carrier.
The train used shorter wagons, allowing the number of wagons to be increased without exceeding the permitted total train length. Each wagon carried an average of 64 tonnes of ore.
The load was about 40% higher than standard ore trains serving the plant, which usually carry 2,200–2,300 tonnes. ArcelorMittal Poland said the configuration allows more raw material to be moved with the same number of logistics operations.
The Dąbrowa Górnicza steelworks uses iron ore in its blast furnace process. The plant operates the last two blast furnaces in Poland producing pig iron.
Further rail transport tests began in May. These include iron ore trains from the Medyka transhipment terminal on the Polish-Ukrainian border and limestone trains from Sitkówka-Nowiny and Małogoszcz.
Iron ore trains from Medyka have reached an average load of 2,900 tonnes, more than 25% above previous transport levels. Limestone trains averaged 3,045 tonnes per train, more than 32% above standard train loads.
