Gornicza
Huta Bankowa Dabrowa Gornicza
Huta Bankowa is a metallurgical industry plant with over 160 years of tradition in Polish metallurgy.
Its creation dates back to the years 1834-1839. The name of the steelworks comes from Bank Polski, which, as the main creditor of the government industry, decided in 1833 to locate this plant in Dąbrowa. At that time, the preparatory works for the actual construction were supervised by the deputy inspector of the Western District, Gustaw Baunerow. Simultaneously with the preparatory work on the construction site, construction work was carried out on the design of the buildings under the watchful eye of mining engineer Fryderyk Krumpel
Image photography
By Viktor Macha in 2005.
Plant facts and figures
The plant have an annual capacity of 500000 tons.
The following processes are conducted in the plant:
- Rolling mill
- Forge
This plant produces the following type of products:
- Bars
- Billets
Full description
The Dąbrowa Górnicza district was known for zinc mining and processing until 1833 when a decission for ironworks foundation has been made. Construction was completed in 1840 and was fully financed by the Polish Bank – that´s where the “Huta Bankowa” name comes from.
The plant consisted of six blast furnaces, pudling furnace, iron foundry and a hammer mill. First open-hearth furnace was commissioned in 1859. In 1877 the plant was completely rebuilt, the first blast furnace started to operate in 1880.
The turn of the 19th and 20th century was marked by decline and poor economic situation. However the production reached the top with the second world war, the manufacturing range was completelely focused on the army needs.
The mill was widely modernized in 1947 again, new blast furnace was errected and ring rolling mill from near Huta Kosciuszko was put in operation here. The steel shop had already 7 working siemens-martin furnaces.
After nationalization the whole plant was united with Huta Katowice.
Last open-hearth furnace was shutdown in 1995. In 1996, Huta Bankowa became an independent company and was incorporated in 2003 within Ispat Steel Poland, Mittal Steel Poland later.
Nowadays the mill is part of Alchemia group, production focuses on long-rolled materials and hoops.