CVG Briquetera del Caroní DRI plant
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CVG Briquetera del Caroní DRI plant (CVG Briquetera del Caroní (Spanish)), also known as Briqcar and Venprecar, is a 820 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) direct reduced iron (DRI) iron plant operating in Ciudad Guayana, Bolívar, Venezuela.
Location
The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Ciudad Guayana, Bolívar, Venezuela.
- Location: Zona Industrial Matanzas, 8050 Ciudad Guayana, Bolivar, Venezuela[1]
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 8.290142, -62.805419 (exact)
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.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2] 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
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| operating[5] | 1991[6] | 456[6] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| State-owned entity status | State-owned entity department | Parent company | Parent company PermID | Owner | Owner company PermID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| full[7] | Venezuela[7] | Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana [100%][8][9][6] | 5001120464 [100%] | Venezolana de Prerreducidos Caroni CA[9][10] | 4296803468 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| crude | HBI[6] | direct reduced iron (DRI)[11][6] | 1 DRI plant (Midrex HBI, 1990)[12][13][6][14] |
Table 4: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Sponge iron/DRI capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|
| 820 TTPA[11][12][6] | 820 TTPA |
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/Briqcar/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Empresas Heridas de Muerte: Corrompiendo el Metal" (PDF). Transparencia Venezuela. 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bastardo, Alvis Herrera (2021-03-04). "BRIQCAR: Vía férrea contribuirá a elevar producción de briquetas". Nueva Prensa Digital.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Empresa Venprecar-Briqcar estima elevar su producción de briqueta para este 2021". VTV. March 6, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220318140636/https://www.vtv.gob.ve/empresa-venprecar-briqcar-elevar-produccion/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220319030708/https://transparencia.org.ve/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/EPE-II-Sector-Metalurgia_DeF.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-19.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20170629093338/http://www.steelorbis.com:80/steel-news/latest-news/venezuelas-briquetera-del-caroni-exporting-30000-mt-of-hbi-by-end-of-march-977621.htm. Archived from the original on 2017-06-29.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220121094558/https://cotejo.info/2019/10/industrias-basicas-guayana-2020/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319093454/https://pandectasdigital.blogspot.com/2018/08/decreto-n-3549-mediante-el-cual-se_60.html. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.facebook.com/Briqcar.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221008040524/https://www.midrex.com/wp-content/uploads/MidrexSTATSBook2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-10-08.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 "2022 AIST DRI and HBI Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2022.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318083849/http://www.midrex.com/wp-content/uploads/Midrex-Plants-Sheet2021-1.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211129195124/https://www.midrex.com/wp-content/uploads/Midrex-STATSbookprint-2020.Final_.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-29.
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