AG Sidegua Masagua steel plant

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AG Sidegua Masagua steel plant (Planta siderúrgica AG Sidegua Masagua (Spanish)) is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Masagua, Escuintla, Guatemala.

Location

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  • Location: CA9A, Masagua, Guatemala
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 14.232007, -90.815444 (exact)

Background

The Sidegua Masagua steel plant is Central America's largest steel producer[1][2], with an annual production capacity of 500,000 tonnes of crude steel.[3] Construction of the plant began in 1991[4][5], and commercial operations began three years later.[1][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.[2][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.[1] The plant operates a Tamini electric arc furnace (EAF).[3][8]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[9] 1994[9][10] 1100[11][12]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Gerdau SA 5000004542 [% unknown] E100001010271 Aceros de Guatemala SA[13][9] 5070512315 E100001010295

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished[11] billets[11] building and infrastructure[9] EAF[14] 1 Tamini EAF (installation date unknown, possibly 1994 or 2005?)[15][16][17]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 500 TTPA[14][18] 500 TTPA[14][18]

Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020 243 TTPA[19][16] 243 TTPA[20]
2021 307 TTPA[21] 307 TTPA[21]
2022 273 TTPA[22] 273 TTPA

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