AG Sidegua Masagua steel plant
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AG Sidegua Masagua steel plant (Planta siderúrgica AG Sidegua Masagua), also known as Siderúrgica de Guatemala, is a 500 TTPA electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant in Masagua, Guatemala.[1] The plant operates an electric arc furnace (EAF).[1]
Location
The map below shows the location of the plant in Masagua, Guatemala.
Background
The Sidegua Masagua steel plant is Central America's largest steel producer[2][3], with an annual production capacity of 500,000 tonnes of crude steel.[1] Construction of the plant began in 1991[4][5], and commercial operations began three years later.[2][5] The plant is a project of Aceros de Guatemala SA, a private company founded in 1962.[5][6] Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau acquired a 30% stake in the company in 2008.[3][7]
The Masagua plant produces steel billets, which are transformed by Sidegua's six Central American facilities into a variety of finished steel products, including rebar, wire rod, profiles, herringbone wire, galvanized wire, tie wire, cyclone mesh and electro-welded mesh for the civil construction sector.[2] The plant operates a Tamini electric arc furnace (EAF).[1][8]
Plant Details
- Alternative plant names: Siderúrgica de Guatemala
- Other language plant name: Planta siderúrgica AG Sidegua Masagua (Spanish)
- Location: CA9A, Masagua, Guatemala[2]
- GPS Coordinates: 14.232007, -90.815444 (exact)
- Plant status: operating[2]
- Start year: 1994 (age 27–28)[2][5]
- Parent company: Gerdau (30%); other (70%)[1][7]
- Parent company PermID: 5000004542
- Owner: Aceros de Guatemala SA[2][9]
- Owner company PermID: 5070512315
- Production capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
- 2020 Production (thousand tonnes per annum):
- Crude steel: 243 (EAF)[10]
- Steel product category: semi-finished[2]
- Steel products: billets[2]
- Steel sector end users: building and infrastructure[2]
- Workforce size: 1100[2][11]
- Main production equipment: EAF[1]
- Detailed production equipment: 1 Tamini EAF (installation date unknown)[1][8]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Validation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Guatemala" (PDF). SDSG (Sustainable Development Strategies Group). November 2013.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 "Parque Siderúrgico Sidegua". AG (Aceros de Guatemala). Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Romero, Carlos Adrián (2010-07-01). "Estudio Sectorial de Competencia en el Sector de Hierro de El Salvador (p 8)" (PDF). Programa COMPAL - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
- ↑ "Historia". Corporación AG. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "La historia de Aceros de Guatemala". Plaza Pública. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ↑ "Aceros de Guatemala: un emporio creado con privilegios del Estado". Plaza Pública. March 26, 2017.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Gerdau se asocia a mayor siderúrgica del istmo". La República. April 23, 2008.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Curiel Ortega, Carlos Rolando (September 2004). "Estudio sobre Fallas en Transformadores para Horno de Arco Eléctrico en Industria Siderúrgica" (PDF). Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Facultad de Ingeniería.
- ↑ "Siderurgica de Guatemala, S.A. (Aceros)". International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group). Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ↑ "América Latina en Cifras 2020" (PDF). Alacero. 2020.
- ↑ "Aceros de Guatemala". ENKOTEC. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
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