ArcelorMittal Asturias (Gijón) steel plant
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ArcelorMittal Asturias (Gijón) steel plant, also known as ArcelorMittal Gijón; ArcelorMittal Espana Gijon, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Gijon, Asturias, Spain.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Gijon, Asturias, Spain:
- Location: ArcelorMittal Asturias (Gijón), Veriña de Abajo 570, 33200 Gijon (Asturias), Spain
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 43.525092, -5.731926 (exact)
Background
ArcelorMittal Asturias consists of two steel plants, ArcelorMittal Asturias (Gijón) and ArcelorMittal Asturias (Avilés), in Asturias, Spain.[1] In December 2020, ArcelorMittal Asturias halted production for six days due to a worker's strike. Production resumed operations following the strike.[2]
A direct-reduced iron (DRI) expansion was planned for 2025.[3] However, as of March 2024, ArcelorMittal has been criticized for giving up on plans to start hydrogen-based DRI ironmaking at the Gijón plant.[4] ArcelorMittal Asturias received a governmental grant through the PERTE program for 450 million euros to aid this technology transition, but has since stated they will not able to operate a green hydrogen-based DRI plant by 2025 and will instead begin fossil gas-based DRI production at a later date. [5] Local organizations have called on ArcelorMittal to share clear decarbonization plans and have expressed concern that the coke ovens will continue to operate and export coke even if it is not used locally at the plant.[5]
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.
Table 1: Green Steel Project Details
Project 1 | |
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Company | ArcelorMittal |
Company has climate goals? | Yes |
Location | Gijon, Spain |
Project name | Gijón DRI and EAF |
Project website | Not available |
Project scale | Full scale |
Project status | Announced |
Year to be online | 2025 |
Technology to be used | NG-DRI to H-DRI |
Technology details | H-DR & EAF; Natural gas gradual phase out for renewable H2 with syngas from waste gases |
Iron production capacity (million tonnes per year) | 2 |
Steel production capacity (million tonnes per year) | 1 |
CO2 capture (million tonnes CO2 per year) | Not applicable |
Hydrogen generation capacity(MW) | Not applicable |
Investment size | 1648.8 |
Date of announcement | 2021-07-13 |
Plant Details
Table 2: General Plant Details
Phase | Plant status | Announced date | Start date | Pre-retirement announcement date | Retired date | Workforce size | Power source |
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Main plant | Operating[6] | 1966[7] | 1971[7] | – | – | 3375[8] | – |
Expansion | Announced[9] | 2021-07[10][11] | 2025[12][9] | – | – | – | 100% renewable electricity by 2025 with 9.5 GW of solar power installed in HyDeal Espana deal.[13][14] |
Closure | Operating pre-retirement[8][15] | – | – | 2021[16] | 2025[16] | 675[8] | – |
Table 3: Ownership and Parent Company Information
Phase | Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
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Main plant | ArcelorMittal SA [99.8%]; other [0.2%] | 5000030092 [99.8%]; unknown [0.2%] | E100001000348 [5%]; E100000001753 [0.2%] | Arcelormittal Espana SA[6] | 4295889467 | E100001000497 |
Table 4: Process and Products
Phase | Steel product category | Steel products | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
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Main plant | semi-finished; finished rolled[17] | long plate, wire rod, rail[6] | 2021[18] | 2021[18] | BF, BOF[19] | 2 sinter plant; 2 BF, 1 BOF[19][17][20] |
Expansion | semi-finished; finished rolled[17] | long plate, wire rod, rail[6] | – | – | DRI, EAF[9] | 1 DRI plant (green hydrogen based); 1 EAF (Sarralle)[13] |
Closure | semi-finished; finished rolled[17] | long plate, wire rod, rail[6] | – | – | BF[8] | 2 BF[16] |
Table 5: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Phase | Capacity operating status* | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
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Main plant | operating | 1200 TTPA[21][6] | – | 1200 TTPA[21][6] |
Expansion | announced | – | 1100 TTPA[22][13] | 1100 TTPA[22][13] |
Closure | operating pre-retirement | – | – | – |
Table 6: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Phase | Capacity operating status* | Blast furnace capacity | Sponge iron/DRI capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
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Main plant | operating | – | – | – |
Expansion | announced | – | 2300 TTPA[23][13] | 2300 TTPA[23][13] |
Closure | operating pre-retirement | 4700 TTPA[24][25][24] | – | 4700 TTPA[24][25][24] |
Table 7: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Phase | Sinter |
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Main plant | 5500 TTPA[6][26] |
Expansion | –[9] |
Closure | –[15][8] |
Table 8: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year | BOF Production | Total (all routes) |
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2020 | 667 TTPA[27] | 667 TTPA |
2021 | 979 TTPA[28] | 979 TTPA |
2022 | 800 TTPA[29] | 800 TTPA |
Blast Furnace Details
Table 9: Blast Furnace Details
Unit name | Status | Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Retired date | Current size | Current capacity (ttpa) | Decarbonization technology | Most recent relining |
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A | operating pre-retirement[16] | unknown | unknown | unknown | 2025[16] | 2349 m³[30] | 2500[24][25] | unknown | 2006-02-21[31] |
B | operating pre-retirement[16] | unknown | unknown | unknown | 2025[16] | 2349 m³[30] | 2200[24] | Trialing CCU at the unit, using Sekisui Chemical technology to capture CO2 and convert it to syngas for reduction agent. Finding a conversion rate of 90% in trials. [32] | unknown |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ ArcelorMittal Asturias (Gijón), ArcelorMittal, Retrieved on: Mar. 9, 2020
- ↑ ArcelorMittal resumes steel production in Gijon after strike, Julia Bolotova, Fastmarkets MB, Dec. 10, 2020
- ↑ "ArcelorMittal Signs MOU". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "ArcelorMittal arrancará su planta con gas, pero no renuncia al mayor PERTE verde, de 450 millones". ON ECONOMIA (in español). 2024-03-25. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
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