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Iron & Steel Plants in Spain
Spain has 17 iron & steel plants mapped on the OverWatts open energy atlas — the 13th-largest fleet of the 91 countries that hold any, and 1% of the world's mapped total. Of these, 16 operating.
The largest owner-operators are small shareholder(s) (5), ArcelorMittal SA (4) and Anchorage Capital Advisors LP (3) — small shareholder(s) alone is named on 29% of them. Half of Spain's iron & steel plants in service predate 1967 (median commissioning year of the 14 with a known date), 1 came online in the past decade and the oldest still listed is ArcelorMittal Sestao steel plant, dating from 1902. They account for 2% of every energy asset OverWatts maps in Spain.
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Who owns Spain's iron & steel plants
- small shareholder(s)5 29%
- ArcelorMittal SA4 24%
- Anchorage Capital Advisors LP3 18%
- Anchorage Capital Group LLC3 18%
- Attestor Services Ltd3 18%
- Deutsche Bank AG3 18%
- GoldenTree Asset Management LP3 18%
- Midwood Holdings LLC3 18%
Counts an asset once per company named as its owner or operator; a joint venture counts for each partner.
When they were built
- 1900s1
- 1940s1
- 1950s5
- 1960s1
- 1970s3
- 1990s2
- 2020s1
Median commissioning year 1967 · oldest ArcelorMittal Sestao steel plant (1902) · newest Stegra Spain steel plant (2026) · 14 of 17 carry a start date
How Spain compares · iron & steel plants by country
- 1. China458
- 10. Italy24
- 11. Germany19
- 12. South Korea18
- 13. Spain17
- 14. Indonesia16
- 15. Malaysia16
- 16. Mexico15
Frequently asked
- How many iron & steel plants are there in Spain?
- OverWatts maps 17 iron & steel plants in Spain — 1% of the world's mapped total, the 13th-largest national fleet of the 91 countries with any.
- Who owns the iron & steel plants in Spain?
- small shareholder(s) is named as owner or operator on the most — 5 of 17 (29%). Next are ArcelorMittal SA (4), Anchorage Capital Advisors LP (3) and Anchorage Capital Group LLC (3).
- How old are Spain's iron & steel plants?
- The median commissioning year is 1967, across the 14 in service with a known start date. The oldest still listed is ArcelorMittal Sestao steel plant (1902); 1 came online in the past ten years.