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ArcelorMittal Olaberria-Bergara (Olaberria)

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EAF route · Olaberria, Europe, Spain

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ArcelorMittal Olaberria-Bergara (Olaberria) is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 1.4 million tonnes per year. Its main products are sections, bloom, billet, blanks, profile.

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Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating since 1992

Emissions

2025

0.076 Mt CO₂e

0.09 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t

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

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,450

EAF

1,450

Production

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

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
1,450 ttpawiki

Steel Products

sections, bloom, billet, blanks, profile

Ownership

Owner Arcelormittal Olaberria-Bergara SL

Parent ArcelorMittal SA; small shareholder(s)

Workforce 500 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.