ArcelorMittal Sestao 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 2.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are coil.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1902
Emissions
2025
0.32 Mt CO₂e
0.27 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
2,000
EAF
2,000
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power 100% renewable
Iron ore 1 mtpa of DRI to be delivered from ArcelorMittal Asturias Gijon plant by 2025 (suspended)
Steel Products
coil
Ownership
Owner Arcelormittal Sestao SL
Parent ArcelorMittal SA; small shareholder(s)
Workforce 250 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
Sestao
Europe
Spain
43.3131°, -2.9990°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 2,000 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1902
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded