CAP Acero Huachipato steel plant
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CAP Acero Huachipato steel plant (Planta siderúrgica Huachipato (Spanish)) is a 1450 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Talcahuano, Concepción, Chile.
Location
The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Talcahuano, Concepción, Chile.
- Location: Av. Gran Bretaña 2910, Huachipato, Talcahuano, Chile[1][2]
- Coordinates (WGS 84): -36.746421, -73.129171 (exact)
Background
The CAP Acero steel plant, known in Spanish as Siderúrgica Huachipato, is Chile's only integrated steel mill.[3] It is owned and operated by Compañía Siderúrgica Huachipato S.A., the steelmaking division of Grupo CAP (Compañía de Acero del Pacífico, or Pacific Steel Company), a leader in Chile's iron mining and steel making industries.[4]
CAP was founded in 1946 as a joint venture between the Chilean government agency CORFO (33%), the Caja Autónoma de Amortización de la Deuda Pública (14%), and private shareholders (53%). The company, renamed Grupo de Empresas CAP in 1981, was entirely privatized in 1987.[5] Construction of the steel plant began in early 1947, and it was officially inaugurated on November 25, 1950.[6]
Since 1950 CAP has maintained its position as Chile's leading steel producer and processor, while steadily modernizing and upgrading its infrastructure.[3] [7] The plant's blast furnace/basic oxygen furnace system is fed with iron ore from CAP's own mines. The plant's continuous casting facilities and rolling mill transform the resulting steel into slabs, billets, and a variety of products destined for national and international markets, including cold- and hot-rolled steel, grinding bars, rebar, and wire rod for use in construction, mining and other industries.[8][9]
In 2013, the plant's blast furnace No. 2 was idled as part of a company-wide cost-cutting plan, but the furnace was reportedly brought back online in April 2019.[10]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size | Iron ore source |
|---|---|---|---|
| operating[11] | 1950[12] | 846[13] | El Romeral iron mine, other iron mines owned by CAP Minería[14] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Owner | Owner company PermID |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAP SA [100%][15] | 4295863321 [100%] | Compania Siderurgica Huachipato SA[2] | 5000030020 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| finished rolled[2] | grinding rods, wire rod, concrete reinforcing bars, special steels[11] | automotive; building and infrastructure; tools and machinery[16] | blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF)[17] | coking plant (58 Otto Twin Flue vertical ovens, 1990); 2 BOF (1975)[18][17] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|
| 1450 TTPA[19] | 1450 TTPA |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|
| 1482 TTPA[20][21] | 1482 TTPA |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Coke |
|---|
| 500 TTPA[19] |
Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Year | BOF Production | EAF Production | OHF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 801 TTPA[18] | – | – | 801 TTPA[18] |
| 2021 | 833 TTPA[22] | – | – | 833 TTPA[22] |
Table 8: Actual Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Year | BF Production | DRI Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 664 TTPA[23][18] | – | 664 TTPA[18] |
| 2021 | 700 TTPA[23] | – | 700 TTPA[23] |
Blast Furnace Details
Table 9: Blast Furnace Details:
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Current size | Current capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mothballed[24] | 1950[24] | 755 m³[18] | 730 TTPA[21] |
| 2 | operating[17][18][25] | 1966[17][18][25] | 881 m³[18] | 752 TTPA[20] |
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/cap.acero.huachipato/about.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20210820223017/https://www.capacero.cl/cap_acero/quienes-somos/quienes-somos/2018-01-29/115836.html. Archived from the original on 2021-08-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "QUIENES SOMOS - CAP Acero". CAP Acero. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ CAP. "Operaciones: Líneas de Negocio: Siderurgia". CAP S.A. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "CAP S.A." (PDF). Humphreys Clasificadora de Riesgo. April 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Historia de la Compañía de Acero del Pacífico, S.A. (p. 113 & p. 121)" (PDF). Memoria Chilena.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "CAP Chile". CAP S.A. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Infografia: Paso 7 Colada Continua, Paso 8 Laminación". CAP Acero. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Memoria Anual 2020" (PDF). CAP. March 30, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Chilean steelmaker CAP restarts blast furnace after six years: sources". S&P Global Platts. April 30, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320141539/https://www.capacero.cl/cap_acero/site/edic/base/port/quienes_somos.html. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220318130308/https://www.capacero.cl/cap_acero/site/edic/base/port/empresa_historia.html. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210828174109/https://www.capacero.cl/cap_acero/site/edic/base/port/productos.html. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220124201943/https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAP_%28empresa%29. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220227200716/https://www.cap.cl/. Archived from the original on 2022-02-27.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211216154731/https://www.capacero.cl/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20210225051737/https://www.capacero.cl/cap_acero/site/edic/base/port/infografia.html. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 18.8 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318134219/https://www.capacero.cl/cap_acero/site/artic/20210401/asocfile/20210401155954/memoria_acero_2020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 19.0 19.1 (PDF) https://www.capacero.cl/cap_acero/site/artic/20220325/asocfile/20220325225334/memoria_acero_2021.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 20.0 20.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220127144916/https://www.capacero.cl/cap_acero/site/artic/20190903/asocfile/20190903103909/2219_revista_cap_acero_metalito_julio_agosto_2019.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-27.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 21.0 21.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220525045734/https://www.asimet.cl/cap-acero-alto-horno-estara-en-regimen-hacia-fin-de-mes/. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 22.0 22.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220509133559/https://www.cap.cl/cap/site/artic/20220328/asocfile/20220328180913/memoria_integrada_cap_2021_15mb__1_.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-05-09.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220117191258/http://www.acero.org.ar/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/america_latina_en_cifras_2021_es-en_capa2_0.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-17.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 24.0 24.1 (PDF) https://www.capacero.cl/cap_acero/site/artic/20220223/asocfile/20220223162829/2228_revista_cap_acero_metalito_noviembre_2021_enero_2022.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 25.0 25.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220828131721/https://sabes.cl/2022/02/05/contingencia-en-horno-de-huachipato-en-talcahuano-genero-una-gran-nube-toxica/. Archived from the original on 2022-08-28.
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