ArcelorMittal Sestao steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Sestao steel plant, also known as ArcelorMittal Bilbao and Acería Compacta de Bizkaia (ACB) (predecessor), is a 2000 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Sestao, Biscay, Spain.

Location

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  • Location: Chavarri 6, 48910 Sestao, Spain[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 43.313144, -2.998964 (exact)

Background

ArcelorMittal Sestao was previously owned by Altos Hornos de Vizcaya in 1902, and was transferred to the Compact Steelworks of Bizkaia later. In 1996, it was bought by Aceralia (then known as Siderurgia Integral Corporation), which then became Arcelor, who merged with Mittal to form ArcelorMittal in the early 2000s.[2]

In 2020, the plant was idled from April to September due to a drop in demand caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.[3]

In 2021, ArcelorMittal announced that the Sestao plant was set to become world's first full-scale zero carbon-emissions steel plant by 2025. An investment of €50 million to fund the implementation of new emission-reducing technologies was undertaken.[4][5] In November 2021, ArcelorMittal suspended their steel operations at Sestao to focus on upgrading the plant; they expected to recommence operations in early 2022.[6]

ArcelorMittal Sestao operates a 10,000 tonne scrapyard on the site.[7]

Low-emissions/green steelmaking

This steel plant is associated with a green steel project tracked in the Green Steel Tracker. Details about the project are included below.

  • Company: ArcelorMittal
  • Stated company climate target for 2030: 35% reduction in Europe (baseline 2018)
  • Stated company climate target for 2050: carbon neutrality
  • Project name: N/A
  • Project website: N/A
  • Location: Spain
  • Coordinates: 43.313144, -2.998964 (exact)
  • Project scale: full scale
  • Technology category: Other
    • Specific technology: Hybrid EAF
    • Hydrogen type: N/A
  • Year online: 2025
  • Size (m USD): 58
  • Steel production capacity (Mtpa): 1.6
  • Iron production capacity (Mtpa): N/A
  • Hydrogen capacity generation (MW): Not stated
  • Carbon capture capacity (Mtpa CO2): N/A
  • Partners: Not stated
  • Date of announcement: 07/13/2021


All references for the above data are available in the Green Steel Tracker.


Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Workforce size Power source Iron ore source
operating[1] 205[8] 100% renewable[9] 1 mtpa of DRI to be delivered from ArcelorMittal Asturias Gijon plant by 2025.[10]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
ArcelorMittal SA [100%][1] 5000030092 [100%] Arcelormittal Sestao SL[1] 5000020198

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[11] hot rolled coil[1] automotive; building and infrastructure[1] yes[12][13] electric arc furnace (EAF)[1] 2 EAF (DC 130 MVA each)[14][15][1]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
2000 TTPA[16][14][15][1] 2000 TTPA

Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):

Year BOF Production EAF Production OHF Production Total (all routes)
2020 200 TTPA[17] 200 TTPA
2021 600 TTPA[18] 600 TTPA

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20220111142351/https://flateurope.arcelormittal.com/ourmills/711/sestao. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "ArcelorMittal Sestao". SecondWiki. Retrieved 2022-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Europe energy price crisis". S&P Global. 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2022-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "ArcelorMittal Sestao to become the world's first full-scale zero carbon-emissions steel plant". ArcelorMittal. Retrieved 2022-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. S.A, ArcelorMittal (2021-07-13). "ArcelorMittal Sestao to become the world's first full-scale zero carbon-emissions1 steel plant". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  6. "ArcelorMittal Sestao to suspend steel ops until early 2022 for capacity boost | Metal Bulletin.com". MetalBulletin. Retrieved 2022-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "ArcelorMittal Sestao". ArcelorMittal Europe - Flat Products. Retrieved 2022-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120170651/https://www.dnb.com/business-directory.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/arcelormittal-sestao-delivers-first-recycled-and-renewably-produced-flats-1236490.htm?searchKey=spain&sc=article. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20230128040459/https://flateurope.arcelormittal.com/flatnews/2021-news/news_july_2021/sestao-zero-carbon-emissions. Archived from the original on 2023-01-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220121144844/https://factbook2018.arcelormittal.com/~/media/Files/A/Arcelormittal-Factbook-2018/AM_FactBook_2018.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20220117044749/https://spain.arcelormittal.com/what-we-do/productos-planos/sestao.aspx. Archived from the original on 2022-01-17. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220928200926/https://spain.arcelormittal.com/wp-content/uploads/politica-integrada-sestao-2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-09-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. 14.0 14.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318115528/https://www.eurofer.eu/assets/Uploads/Map-20191113_Eurofer_SteelIndustry_Rev3-has-stainless.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. 15.0 15.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220201121645/https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/press-releases/arcelormittal-sestao-to-become-the-world-s-first-full-scale-zero-carbon-emissions-steel-plant. Archived from the original on 2022-02-01. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. https://web.archive.org/web/20221003074126/https://eurometal.net/arcelormittal-postpones-eaf-restart-at-spanish-steel-mill/. Archived from the original on 2022-10-03. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220129220418/https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/kl3iewkk/fact-book-2020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. (PDF) https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/3z1ozw5h/arcelor-mittal-fact-book-2021.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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