Acerinox Columbus Stainless steel plant
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Acerinox Columbus Stainless steel plant is a 750 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Location
The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
- Location: Hendrina Rd, Middelburg, 1050, South Africa[1]
- Coordinates (WGS 84): -25.796313, 29.497972 (exact)
Background
According to the 2011 South African Steel Producers Handbook, Acerinox Columbus Stainless sources most of their raw materials (including steel scrap, ferrochrome, and nickel) from South Africa.[2]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| operating[3] | 1966[3] | 207[4] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| State-owned entity status | State-owned entity department | Parent company | Parent company PermID | Owner | Owner company PermID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| partial[3] | IDC (Industrial Development Corporation)[3] | Acerinox SA [76%]; Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd [24%][3] | 4295889546 [76%]; 5000021732 [24%] | Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd[3] | 4296772877 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished; finished rolled[3] | stainless, slab, coil, plate, sheet[3][5] | electric arc furnace (EAF)[5] | EAF (# unknown)[5] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|
| 750 TTPA[6] | 750 TTPA |
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220318215646/https://www.columbus.co.za/contact-us.php. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ South African Steel Producers Handbook, Department of Mineral Resources, Republic of South Africa, 2011, Retrieved on: Sep. 2, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319204109/https://www.columbus.co.za/about/about.html. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.acerinox.com/en/grupo-acerinox/Informe_Anual_EN/publication/contents/pages/175/page.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320123906/https://www.columbus.co.za/processes/process-diagram.html. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221212035926/https://pubs.usgs.gov/myb/vol3/2017-18/myb3-2017-18-south-africa.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-12-12.
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Additional data
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