Sidenor Aceros Especiales Basuri steel plant

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Sidenor Aceros Especiales Basuri steel plant is a 740 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Basauri, Vizcaya, Spain.

Location

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  • Location: Barrio Ugarte s/n – 48970 Basauri (Bizkaia), Spain[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 43.227282, -2.884676 (exact)

Background

In 2022 Sidenor Group purchased Aguilar Metal Recycling (AMR), which specializes in metal and non-metal waste, to help Sidenor boost supply of industrial scrap.[2]



Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Workforce size
operating[3] 257[4]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Viohalco SA [100%][1] 5040438569 [100%] Sidenor Aceros Especiales SL[1] 4298205935

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
finished rolled[5] bar; rolled products[5] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; tools and machinery; transport[6][5] 2021[7] 2022[7] electric arc furnace (EAF)[8] 1 EAF (130-tonne)[9][8]

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

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
740 TTPA[8] 740 TTPA

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20211109022553/https://www.sidenor.com/en/vicepresident-government-teresa-ribera-visits-sidenor/. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Spain's Sidenor acquires Aguilar Metal Recycling". SteelOrbis. April 26, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20220316134236/https://www.sidenor.com/en/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://www.sidenor.com/sustainability-report-2021/76/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319015806/https://www.sidenor.com/en/straightening-and-control/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.sidenor.com/sustainability-report-2021/8/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220928212515/https://www.sidenor.com/en/sidenor-en/certifications/system-certifications/. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 (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)
  9. https://www.sidenor.com/corporate-report-2020/34/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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Additional data

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