SN SEIXAL Siderurgia Nacional steel plant

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SN SEIXAL Siderurgia Nacional steel plant, also known as Megasa Seixal steel plant, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Aldeia de Paio Pires, Setúbal, Portugal.

Location

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  • Location: Avenida Siderurgia Nacional, Paio Pires, 2840-075 Aldeia de Paio Pires, Portugal
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 38.616023, -9.068527 (exact)

Background

Production at the SN SEIXAL Siderurgia Nacional SA plant is scrap-based.[1][2]

In 2021, Megasa initiated the process to construct a 14.6 MWp photovoltaic array dedicated to powering the plant. [3][4]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[5] 1961[6] 400[7]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Metalurgica Galaica SA [100.0%] 4296572027 [100%] E100000130781 [100%] SN SEIXAL Siderurgia Nacional SA[8] 4298309429 E100000130888

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[8] mesh; wire; hot-rolled coils; bars[8] 2021[9] 2022[10] EAF[8] 1 EAF[8][11]

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1100 TTPA[11] 1100 TTPA[11]

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References

  1. "Home". MEGASA. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  2. "Where is steel made in Europe?". Eurofer. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  3. "Megasa Group Sustainability Report 2021" (PDF). 2021. Retrieved 09-29-2023. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. "Grupo Megasa Estado de Información No Financiera 2022" (PDF). 2022. Retrieved 09-29-2023. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125060725/https://www.megasa.com/grupoMegasaMob.php?lang=EN. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.mindat.org/sitegallery.php?loc=249740. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20150911144812/https://medium.com/material-matters/steel-9138f4115ed9. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220120184931/https://www.megasa.com/grupoMegasaMob.php?lang=EN. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. (PDF) https://www.megasa.com/data/WebData/Certifications/Certificados/Internacional/Seixal/Aenor/Se_Iqnet_Ems/IQNetES-2009-0448_2021-06-08.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. (PDF) https://www.megasa.com/data/WebData/Certifications/Certificados/Portugal/Seixal/Sgs/Se_Sge_Energia/SN%20-SEIXAL_SGE_valido%20at%C3%A9%2012.12.2025.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319021812/https://www.eurofer.eu/about-steel/learn-about-steel/where-is-steel-made-in-europe/. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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