Industry | Steel |
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Headquarters | Charleroi, Belgium |
Parent | Gruppo Riva |
Thy-Marcinelle is a steelworks in Charleroi, Belgium, a subsidiary of the Riva group. The company is the descendant of one part of various steel companies based in the Charleroi industrial basin. Its history traces back through Cockerill-Sambre to the predecessors of Hainaut-Sambre, the companies Thy-Marcinelle et Monceau and Thy-Marcinelle et Providence.
The forge at Thy-le-Chateau dates to at least 1763.
The company of Thy-Marcinelle et Monceau (TMM) was formed in 1966 by the merger of Aciéries et Minières de la Sambre (formed 1936 when split from Ougrée-Marihaye) and the steelworks of Thy-le-Chateau, this company merged with the Forges de la Providence in 1979 forming the company Thy-Marcinelle et Providence (TMP). This group of companies merged with Hainaut-Sambre in 1980 and became part of the Cockerill-Sambre group in 1981.
At the beginning of the 1990s the Italian Riva Group acquired a rolling mill in Charleroi, forming its subsidiary Thy-Marcinelle from it.
As of 2010 the plants facilities include electric furnaces, a continuous casting machine, reheating furnace and a wire mill (rebar).