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ArcelorMittal Asturias (Gijón) steel plant

operating

Gijon, Europe, Spain

ResponsibleSteel
GEM wiki

Process Route

BOF

Timeline

Announced1966
Operating1971

Emissions

2025

1.50 Mt CO₂e

1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,200

BOF

1,200

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Iron Units

BF
BF Aoperating pre-retirement
2,500 ttpa2349 m³ · relined 2006wiki
BF
BF Bmothballed pre-retirement
2,200 ttpa2349 m³wiki
DRI
unknown DRI (1)announced
2,300 ttpahydrogen · in-usewiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)construction
1,100 ttpaSarrallewiki
BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
1,200 ttpawiki

Steel Products

wire rod, rail, plate

Ownership

Owner ArcelorMittal España SA

Parent ArcelorMittal SA [99.8%]; small shareholder(s) [0.2%]

Workforce 3,375 employees

Country Context

Spain crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).

Facility emissions estimates from Climate TRACE. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.