ArcelorMittal acería de Gijón Asturias

ArcelorMittal starts the revolution of the iron and steel process in Asturias with an investment of 1 billion euros

The multinational signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the Spanish Government to reduce CO2 emissions by 50% in five years

It will build a DRI (direct reduction of iron ore) plant and an electric arc furnace at its Gijón factory

ArcelorMittal has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Spanish Government that will see a €1 billion investment in decarbonisation technologies at its plant in Gijón, Asturias, and means revolutionising the way the multinational produces steel in our region.

The investments will reduce CO2 emissions at ArcelorMittal’s Spanish operations by up to 4.8 million tonnes, approximately 50% of emissions, within the next five years. It will be its largest decarbonisation project in the world.

16 Juli, 2021 /

The “material of the future” already here in Asturias

Never has the world of science expected a material so eagerly as it has graphene, which is generating a huge amount interest. The potential that has been associated with it is so great that it is starting to be known as “the material of the future”, but what is graphene?

31 März, 2017 /

The Biogastur company, specialist in turnkey integral environmental projects, is constructing the biggest slurry treatment plant of Spain.

The new plant, located in the western district of Navia, has emerged with the aim of managing waste from the major Asturian livestock industry, via renewable energies, thus reducing its environmental impact.

24 Februar, 2017 /

Aviles: land of engineering giants.

The Aviles-based quay in Valliniello makes an impressive entry into the history books of the Port of Aviles, with the shipment of the longest ever piece to be loaded onto a ship in the estuary.

2 Februar, 2017 /

A quarter of a century of the binomial Thyssen-Asturias

Thyssenkrupp Norte – the company belonging to the German holding company Thyssenkrupp AG – which manufactures escalators and moving walkways from the La Pereda Mieres-based industrial estate, is celebrating 25 years of activity in Asturias.

19 Januar, 2017 /

An Asturian company presents its robots to Japan

Adele Robots, located in Llanera, attended the Ceatec fair in Japan, one of the largest events dedicated to this sector, where the company’s models received a very warm welcome.

14 Dezember, 2016 /

TSK celebrates thirty years as a company with 97{08ebde5227d2656f547af4c80a62e8021f1b1663135b6de5b0094b2f22365337} of its activity in the international market

Over this year the company, with its headquarters in Asturias, has secured contracts in Saudi Arabia and Jamaica, as well as in Bolivia, to the value of 900 million euros, surpassing the Group’s 2015 turnover by May.

24 November, 2016 /

Bayer starts to produce the anti-parasitic drug for pets at its factory in Langreo

It is the fourth production line at the Lada facilities, where the pharmaceutical multinational produces acetylsalicylic acid, the raw material of Aspirin, along with a metabolic stimulant and a treatment for fungal infection.

17 November, 2016 /

The University of Oviedo participates in a project to improve the quality of steel

The team aims to develop software that allows the most appropriate pickling programme to be chosen for each metal, thus reducing the environmental and economic cost involved in this process.

4 November, 2016 /

The Sydney metro is only manufactured in Asturias

Arcelor is set to start manufacturing the pieces in summer 2017, compared to the 90-metre pieces it is currently producing. This situation will make the Gijon-based factory “unique” within the company, and will enable the facilities to become some of the best in the world.

13 Oktober, 2016 /

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