DEACERO Celaya steel plant
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DEACERO Celaya steel plant (Acería DEACERO Celaya) is a steel plant in Villagrán, Guanajuato, Mexico that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Villagrán, Guanajuato, Mexico:
- Location: Km. 64.8, Carretera 45 Panamericana, Tramo Celaya, Salamanca, 38294 Villagrán, Guanajuato, Mexico
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 20.518556, -100.925556 (exact)
Background
Located in central Mexico near Celaya, Guanajuato, the Celaya mini mill was the second electric steel plant built by Mexican company Deacero S.A. de C.V.[1][2] The Celaya mill began commercial operations in 1998[3], with capacity to produce more than 1 million tons of bars and wire rod annually.[4] In 2006, the Celaya facility was expanded to include a second 1.1-million-ton-per-year steelmaking unit[4] equipped with a 120-ton EAF, a ladle furnace and a 6-strand FastCast™ conticaster for high-speed casting of 120 to 180-mm billets.[5]
Deacero originated in 1952 as a small manufacturer of fencing and barbed wire in Monterrey, Nuevo León, but the company has since grown to become Mexico's leading supplier of metal wire and one of the world's largest wire manufacturers[4], with three electric steel plants[6] and a distribution network encompassing more than a dozen countries in North America, South America and Europe.[7]
In 1985, Deacero built its first mini mill, designed to supply up to 700,000 tons of steel annually to the company's wire rod mill and rolling plant in Saltillo, Coahuila.[4] Following the Celaya plant's 1998 inauguration and its 2006 expansion to include a new melt shop with a second Danieli electric arc furnace[5], Deacero opened a third steel mill - Deacero Saltillo[8] - in 2013, raising the company's total steel production capacity to 4.5 million tons per year.[6]
The Deacero Celaya steel plant is not to be confused with the Deacero Saltillo steel plant.
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1998[9][10] | 500[11] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent GEM entity ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner GEM entity ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeAcero SAPI de CV [100.0%] | 5000029647 [100.0%] | E100000000715 [100.0%] | DeAcero SAPI de CV [100%][12] | 5000029647 | E100000000715 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished, finished rolled[13] | billet, wire rod, rebar, bar[14][9] | building and infrastructure, tools and machinery[12][15] | 2024-10[16] | EAF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| construction | 1500[17] | 1500[17] |
| operating | 2300[18][14][19] | 2300[18][14][19] |
Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF production | Other/unknown steel production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2020 | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2021 | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2022 | 2340[20] | –[20] | 2340[20] |
| 2023 | 2269[21] | –[21] | 2269[21] |
| 2024 | 1770[22] | –[22] | 1770[22] |
Unit Details
Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAF 2 | operating[14][23] | – | – | 1998[24] | Danieli[25] | 1255[14][19][18] | 120.0[14][23] |
| EAF 3 | construction[25] | 2022-08-31[25] | 2023[26] | – | Danieli Zerobucket EAF with ECS continuous scrap charge system[25][25] | 1500[17] | – |
| unknown EAF (1) | operating[14][23] | – | – | – | – | 1045[14][19][18] | 100.0[14][23] |
Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
| Unit name | Scrap-based | % scrap | % DRI | % HBI | % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) | % basic/merchant pig iron | % granulated pig iron | % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated) | % other iron |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAF 2 | yes[27] | 93.00[28] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 7.00[24] |
| EAF 3 | yes[29] | 97.00[30] | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.00 |
| unknown EAF (1) | yes[27] | 93.00[24] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 7.00[24] |
Articles and Resources
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References
- ↑ "Historia". Deacero. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Empresa Grupo Deacero". ClubEnsayos. February 18, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Mexico's DeAcero Will Open A $120 Million Steel Plant". Wall Street Journal. September 11, 1998.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "The modern long products mini mill" (PDF). Millennium Steel. 2006.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Danieli Completes Expansion of Deacero Celaya Minimill". AIST (Association for Iron & Steel Technology). October 1, 2006.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Deacero en números". Deacero. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Presencia". Deacero. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Deacero arranca producción en nueva planta en Coahuila". El Financiero. October 16, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220114114526/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB905462280395730500. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Alan Tovar (2023-11-9). "Celebra DeAcero sus 25 años en Celaya". El Sol del Bajío. Archived from the original on 2025-03-12. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220205150843/https://www.deacero.com/about-us/deacero-in-figures. Archived from the original on 2022-02-05.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220121114018/https://www.bnamericas.com/en/company-profile/deacero-sa-de-cv. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220204140525/https://www.deacero.com/about-us/process. Archived from the original on 2022-02-04.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20220124091123/https://www.aist.org/news/steel-news/2006/october/danieli-completes-expansion-of-deacero-celaya-mini/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220120115418/https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/archivo/deacero-arranca-produccion-en-nueva-planta-en-coahuila/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "DEACERO® se certifica en la ISO 14001 por el Sistema de Gestión Ambiental que promueve la sustentabilidad en toda la operación". DEACERO. 2024-10-30. Archived from the original on 2025-03-12. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20250312220347/https://www.danieli.com/en/news-media/news/deacero-orders-1-5-mtpy-danieli-minimill-large-sections_37_856.htm. Archived from the original on 2025-03-12.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220921230942/https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/list-maps-steelmakers-us-canada-mexico/. Archived from the original on 2022-09-21.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 (PDF) https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/12335204.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240111065534/https://www.canacero.org.mx/aceroenmexico/descargas/Radiografia_de_la_Industria_del_Acero_en_Mexico_2023.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 CANACERO. "Radiografía de la Industria del Acero en México" (PDF). CANACERO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-03-07.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220317224434/https://www.canacero.org.mx/aceroenmexico.php. Archived from the original on 2022-03-17.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20210817232101/http://digital.library.aist.org/pages/PR-RU2020-2.htm. Archived from the original on 2021-08-17.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 https://imis.aist.org/store/detail.aspx?id=PR-RU2024-2.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20250312220248/https://www.danieli.com/en/news-media/news/major-technology-upgrade-deacero-celaya-minimill_37_753.htm. Archived from the original on 2025-03-12.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Deacero to invest US $1B in Mexican steel operations". 2023-09-18. Archived from the original on 2025-03-12. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240809184708/https://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/deacero-mexico-steel-ferrous-scrap-recycling/. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://imis.aist.org/store/detail.aspx?id=PR-RU2023-2.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.deacero.com/about-usprocess.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://mexicobusiness.news/sustainability/news/mexicos-deacero-uses-97-recycled-steel-cuts-emissions.
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