ArcelorMittal Olaberria-Bergara (Olaberria)
operatingEAF route · Olaberria, Europe, Spain
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.
Process Route
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
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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Other ArcelorMittal SA; small shareholder(s) plants
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Location
Olaberria
Europe
Spain
43.0383°, -2.2196°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,450 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1992
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded