Megasider Zaragoza 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 500 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are rebar, sections, bar.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1958
Emissions
2025
0.05 Mt CO₂e
0.17 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
500
EAF
500
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
rebar, sections, bar
Ownership
Owner Megasider Zaragoza SA
Parent Bipadosa SL
Country Context
Spain crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Zaragoza
Europe
Spain
41.5699°, -0.8566°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 500 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1958
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded