ArcelorMittal Gijón
| Type | Consortium | Location | Country | Industry | Date | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrification, Fuel Switching | ArcelorMittal, DH2 energy, Enagas, Grupo Fertiberia, HyDea | Gijón | Spain | 2025 | https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/climate-action/decarbonisation-investment-plans/spain-a-1-billion-investment-to-halve-our-carbon-emissions-and-create-the-world-s-first-full-scale-zero-carbon-emissions-steel-plant |
In July 2021, ArcelorMittal took a major step towards accelerating our progress to carbon-neutrality in Spain by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Spanish government which will see a €1 billion investment in their plant in Gijón and will reduce CO2 emissions by 4.8 million tonnes within the next five years. At the heart of the plan is a 2.3 million-tonne green hydrogen DRI unit, complemented by a 1.1 million-tonne hybrid EAF. This starts the transition of the Gijón plant away from the blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace steelmaking production route to the DRI-EAF production route, which carries a significantly lower carbon footprint. The new DRI – which will be the first of its kind in Spain – and EAF will be in production before the end of 2025.
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2025
Spain
Gijón
Fuel Switching| Electrification
