CVG Briquetera del Caroní DRI plant
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CVG Briquetera del Caroní DRI plant (CVG Briquetera del Caroní), also known as Briqcar or Venprecar, is an iron making plant operating in Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela.[1] CVG Briquetera del Caroní operates a direct reduced iron (DRI) plant.[2]
Location
The map below shows the location of the plant in Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela.
Background
The CVG Briquetera de Caroní DRI plant traces its origins back to 1990, when it began operations under the name Venprecar (Venezolana de Prerreducidos del Caroní, C.A.), a private company owned by IBH (International Briquettes Holding), a division of Briquetas de Sivensa.[1] The plant's original iron making capacity of 600,000 tpa (tonnes per annum) was raised to 715,000 tpa in 1994, with a second expansion in 1998 increasing capacity to the current 815,000 tpa.[1] During the period of private ownership, roughly 80% of Briqcar's production was exported to the United States, Europe and other international markets.
In 2009, Venprecar was nationalized, together with several other Venezuelan iron and steel companies.[1] Iron production, which had peaked near 90% of installed capacity in the early 2000s, began falling under state ownership, and by 2014 it had plummeted to only 10% of plant capacity.[1] Production has recovered somewhat in recent years, reaching 257,000 tonnes in the first 10 months of 2020.[3] In early 2021 the Venezuelan government announced it was building a new railway line to facilitate the supply of iron ore and pellets to the plant, with the goal of raising production above 350,000 tpa.[3][4]
Plant Details
- Alternative plant names: Briqcar, Venprecar
- Other language plant name: CVG Briquetera del Caroní (Spanish)
- Location: Zona Industrial Matanzas, 8050 Ciudad Guayana, Bolivar, Venezuela[5]
- GPS Coordinates: 8.290142, -62.805419 (exact)
- Plant status: operating[4]
- Start year: 1991 (age 30–31)[1]
- State-owned entity status: state-owned[6]
- State-owned entity department: Government of Venezuela[6]
- Parent company: Corporación Venezolana de Guayana[1][6]
- Parent company PermID: 5001120464
- Owner: Venezolana de Prerreducidos Caroni CA[1][5]
- Owner company PermID: 4296803468
- Production capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
- 2020 Production (thousand tonnes per annum):
- Crude Iron: 257 (sponge iron/DRI)[3]
- Steel product category: crude iron
- Steel products: hot briquetted iron (HBI)[1]
- Steel sector end users: unknown
- Workforce size: 456[1]
- Main production equipment: DRI[1][2]
- Detailed production equipment: 1 DRI plant (Midrex HBI, 1990)[1][2][7][8]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 "Empresas Heridas de Muerte: Corrompiendo el Metal" (PDF). Transparencia Venezuela. 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "2020 World Direct Reduction Statistics" (PDF). Midrex. September 14, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bastardo, Alvis Herrera (2021-03-04). "BRIQCAR: Vía férrea contribuirá a elevar producción de briquetas". Nueva Prensa Digital.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Empresa Venprecar-Briqcar estima elevar su producción de briqueta para este 2021". VTV. March 6, 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Briquetera del Caroní". Facebook. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Decreto Nº 3.549, mediante el cual se adscribe la empresa Briquetera del Orinoco C.A. (ORINOCO IRON) a la Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG)". Pandectas Digital. August 16, 2018.
- ↑ "2022 AIST DRI & HBI Roundup". AIST. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
- ↑ "Midrex® Plants" (PDF). Midrex. May 2021.
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