Our environment is continuously changing, and the future success of each company will depend on its adaptive capacity. Currently, one of the main transformation drivers is the increasing environmental awareness, which translates into increasingly demanding policies, new consumption models and, finally, the modification of traditional production means and markets. Within the process of adapting to...
The fight against climate change is transforming traditional social and economic models, driving companies to take steps towards decarbonisation and thus answer the needs of the various stakeholders. Sidenor is aiming at defining increasingly sustainable processes and products. For this purpose, it maintains active and continuous collaborations with the members of the entire value chain,...
Sidenor has entered into a renewable energy supply agreement for its production plants. According to this agreement, which will last 10 years, Naturgy will supply Sidenor with electric energy produced from renewable sources. Sidenor will obtain an energy supply amounting to 350 GWh per year, coming from renewable, solar and wind energy, within the framework...
Together with all agents in our value chain, Sidenor is building a path towards reaching company excellence in order to continue growing in a sustainable way and to ensure the company’s future. For this purpose, we are also continuously improving in the area of environment and energy, reviewing our policies and entering into new commitments...
Sidenor, the European steelmaking leader, with its headquarters in Bizkaia, and Grupo Enhol, the Spanish leader in the design, promotion, construction and operation of renewable energy projects, with its headquarters in Navarre, have established Sidenhol, a company within the framework of which both groups will invest in the development of projects linked to sustainable...
Industrial symbiosis is the association of companies which develop mutual relations in order to improve resource use and jointly reduce their environmental impact. This strategy has received great attention in the past few years due to its high energy and resources saving potential, although it still requires a better knowledge, especially in view of...
After the finalisation of the start-up presentation and selection phase within the 5th edition of Bind 4.0, which involved a total of 149 start-ups (120 groups and 29 individuals), Sidenor will work on a project together with the start-up AllRead MLT. As part of its progress towards digitisation and within its energy efficiency improvement programme,...
Sidenor is finalising investments in its Basauri plant, where it has carried out a technological renovation of the installations. For this purpose, the company has invested a total amount of 131 million euros, in two phases. The first one, amounting to 41 million euros, took place in 2017, and the second one, which is...
The company puts its stamp on Basque Government and European R&D programmes which rely on digitisation as a fundamental pillar. Aligning industrial processes with circular economy by means of digitisation: this is Sidenor’s innovation strategy and the technological transformation axis of the company, which leads and participates in environmental projects supported by Ihobe such as...
Refractory metals such as tungsten (W), niobium (Nb) and tantalum (Ta) are excellent heat and electricity conductors and have a high corrosion resistance, which has resulted in increased demand worldwide. On the basis of their economic importance and supply risk, the European Union classifies such elements as “Critical Raw Materials”. Supply currently depends on...
