Acerinox Europa Los Barrios steel plant — Spain

Acerinox Europa Los Barrios steel plant is a steel plant in Spain. Steel plants burn coal in blast furnaces or use electric arcs to melt scrap; in both cases the molten metal must be kept above 1,500°C and transferred through extensive hot piping and vessels. It is operated by Acerinox Europa SAU. It emits about 120,273 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.25% of the CO₂e from the 91 facilities in Spain that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566801.

In context: how this facility compares

Subsector: iron-and-steel. As steel plant, it requires high process heat (typically 800–1500°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Steel plants burn coal in blast furnaces or use electric arcs to melt scrap; in both cases the molten metal must be kept above 1,500°C and transferred through extensive hot piping and vessels.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 120,273 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Operator

Operated by Acerinox Europa SAU.

Local climate

Acerinox Europa Los Barrios steel plant sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 36.2°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1325 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.02× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• CEPSA Gibraltar-San Roque Refinery · Refinery · 2,211,146 t CO₂
• Tetouan Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 240,708 t CO₂
• Jerez Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 218,313 t CO₂
• Azucarera De Jerez - Centro De Guadalete · Food & Beverage · 111,933 t CO₂
• Complejo Industrial Mataderos Industriales Soler, S.A. (Prolongo) Y Faccsa · Food & Beverage
• S.C.A. Las Marismas De Lebrija · Food & Beverage

Location

Coordinates 36.18147, -5.42232. View on OpenStreetMap.

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