Acero Simec San Luis steel plants

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Acero Simec San Luis steel plants (Acería Simec San Luis), also known as Aceros DM and Aceros San Luis, is a 660 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Location

The map below shows the location of the steel plant in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

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  • Location: Eje 114 #440, Zona Industrial, 78395 San Luis, S.L.P., Mexico[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.103324, -100.919202 (exact)

Background

The Acero Simec San Luis steel plants consist of two mini-mills that are often grouped together. Both are 100% scrap-based.[2]


Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date
operating[3] 1966[4]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Grupo Simec SAB de CV [100%][5] 4295884304 [100%] Aceros Especiales Simec Tlaxcala SA de CV[6] 5080034040

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[7] rebar, wire rod, wire mesh, bars[7] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[8] electric arc furnace (EAF)[9] 4 EAF (100-tonne began in 1993; 132-tonne began in 1998; 145-tonne began in 1998; 145-tonne began in 1995)[10]

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

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
660 TTPA[9] 660 TTPA

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

Year BOF Production EAF Production OHF Production Total (all routes)
2020 631 TTPA[11] 631 TTPA
2021 646 TTPA[12] 646 TTPA[12]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20220112203651/https://gsimec.com.mx/ubicaciones.php. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2021 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup, Association for Iron & Steel Technology, Jan. 2021.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20211103033718/https://www.gsimec.com.mx/. Archived from the original on 2021-11-03. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20220126184302/https://metalmexico.net/empresa-aceros-san-luis-em-san-luis-potosi-813. Archived from the original on 2022-01-26. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20220111175840/https://www.gsimec.com.mx/annual-report.php. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220119170221/https://www.canacero.org.mx/en/index.php. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220204140606/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887153/000089109217003916/e74212_20f.htm. Archived from the original on 2022-02-04. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120123625/https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220327073308/http://www.gsimec.com.mx/reporte-anual.php. Archived from the original on 2022-03-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. "2021 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2021. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  11. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220707184201/https://www.canacero.org.mx/en/aceroenmexico/descargas/Radiografia_de_la_Industria_del_Acero_en_Mexico_2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221007201122/https://www.canacero.org.mx/aceroenmexico/descargas/Radiografia_de_la_Industria_del_Acero_en_Mexico_2022.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-10-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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