Altos Hornos De Mexico S.A. (AHMSA) steel plant
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Altos Hornos De Mexico S.A. (AHMSA) steel plant (Siderúrgica Altos Hornos De Mexico S.A. (AHMSA) (Spanish)), also known as AHMSA steel plant, is a 5500 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico.
Location
The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico.
- Location: Prolongación Juárez S/N Col. La Loma, CP. 25770 Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico[1]
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 26.876889, -101.416612 (exact)
Background
Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. (AHMSA) is the largest integrated steel plant in Mexico, based in the state of Coahuila, 250 kilometers from the United States border.[2]
AHMSA is a national leader in the production and commercialization of flat steel products including hot rolled coil used for machinery parts, wide plate, cold rolled coil, tinplate and tin-free steel, railroad tanks and bridge constructions, and structural shapes. It also produces non-flat steel products like heavy shapes. The company benefits from a fully integrated supply chain, with its own coal and iron mines supplying raw materials to the steel plant.[3]
AHMSA was founded in 1941 in response to steel shortages caused by World War II. The plant's location was chosen for its proximity to the iron and coal mines of Coahuila and the neighboring state of Durango. Steel production officially began with the inauguration of the plant's first blast furnace and hot-rolling mill in 1944. Additional facilities were steadily added over the next three decades, including a cold-rolling mill in 1946, a coking plant in 1955, and a basic oxygen furnace in 1971.[4]
Another major expansion came in 1976, with the addition of a second steel plant that included Mexico's largest and most modern blast furnace, new coking and pelletizing plants, and continuous casting and cold-rolling facilities.[4]
In 1991, following a period of financial instability and rising debt, AHMSA was sold by the Mexican government to its current owner, Grupo Acerero del Norte (GAN). The plant continued to grow and modernize over the ensuing three decades, with the decommissioning of blast furnace No. 1 in 2002, the addition of two new blast furnaces (No. 5 in 1994 and No. 6 in 2010), and the commissioning of a Steckel rolling mill and a 1.2-million tpa Primetals electric arc furnace in 2013 and 2015, respectively.[4]
In 2018, the most recent year for which the company reported official production figures, liquid steel volume at AHMSA reached 4.52 million tons.[5] However, production suffered a 25% dropoff in the first three quarters of 2019, due in part to tariffs imposed by the United States, according to company executive James Pignatelli.[6] By August 2020 AHMSA was reported to be in danger of bankruptcy, with losses of M$4.2 billion (4.2 billion Mexican pesos) in the first quarter of 2020 alone.[7]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
Plant status | Start date | Workforce size | Power source | Iron ore source | Coal source |
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operating[8] | 1944[9] | 7366[10] | 40 MW onsite gas-fired power plant (generates more than 50% of steel plant's electricity)[9] | MINOSA & CEMESA Mexican iron mining subsidiaries[11] | MICARE & MIMOSA Mexican coal-mining subsidiaries[11] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
Parent company | Parent company PermID | Owner | Owner company PermID |
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Altos Hornos de Mexico SAB de CV [100%][10] | 4295884289 [100%] | Altos Hornos de Mexico SAB de CV[8][12] | 4295884289 |
Table 3: Process and Products
Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
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semi-finished; finished rolled[13] | hot rolled sheet; wide sheet; cold rolled sheet; tinplate and chrome sheet; structural profiles; white goods[14] | building and infrastructure; steel packaging; tools and machinery[8] | blast furnace (BF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and electric arc furnace (EAF)[9][15] | 2 coking plants; 5 BOF (plant#1 (3 BOF began in 1971), plant#2 (2 BOF began in 1976 and 1994)); 1 EAF (began in 2015)[16][17][18][9][19] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
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4300 TTPA[15][20] | 1200 TTPA[20] | 5500 TTPA |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
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4380 TTPA[15] | 4380 TTPA |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Sinter | Coke | Pellets |
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2263 TTPA[21][22] | 821 TTPA[20][22] | 4200 TTPA[20][22] |
Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):
Year | BOF Production | EAF Production | OHF Production | Total (all routes) |
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2020 | 1667 TTPA[15] | 223 TTPA[15] | – | 1890 TTPA[15][23] |
2021 | 1760 TTPA[15][23] | 240 TTPA[15][23] | – | 2000 TTPA[23] |
Table 8: Actual Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):
Year | BF Production | DRI Production | Total (all routes) |
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2020 | 1561 TTPA[16] | – | 1561 TTPA |
2021 | 1541 TTPA[24] | – | 1541 TTPA |
Blast Furnace Details
Table 9: Blast Furnace Details:
Unit name | Status | Start date | Stop date | Current size | Current capacity |
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5 | operating[25] | 1976[25] | – | 2210 m³[24][26] | 2628 TTPA[15] |
6 | mothballed[27] | April 2011[27] | January 2020[28][29][30] | 1392 m³[24] | 1752 TTPA[15] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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