Ternium Siderar San Nicolás steel plant

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Ternium Siderar San Nicolás steel plant (Planta siderúrgica Ternium Siderar (Spanish)) is a 3200 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Location

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  • Location: Av. Savio s/n, 2900 San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires, Argentina[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): -33.373650, -60.138697 (exact)

Background

Located on the Paraná River about 230km northwest of Buenos Aires, the Ternium Siderar steel plant is the main production facility of Ternium, Argentina's largest flat and long steelmaker.[2]

The plant was originally developed by Sociedad Mixta Siderúrgica Argentina (SOMISA), an Argentine state steel company created in 1947; initial plans called for the SOMISA plant to produce an annual minimum of 300,000 tons of steel, gradually increasing to 1 million tpa.[3] Following a series of delays related to financing, the plant was officially inaugurated by Argentine president Arturo Frondizi in 1960.[4] In 1974, Somisa raised its raw steel production capacity to 2.5 million metric tons with the addition of a second blast furnace. Following the expansion, the plant's original product line of hot- and cold-rolled coils, sheets, and plates grew to include rods, rails, and structural steel.[5]

By 1990, the plant had become Argentina's leading steel producer, with 11,600 employees and a significant presence in the manufacture of finished goods. However, under the presidency of Carlos Menem, the workforce was reduced, and by December 1991, only 5,285 employees remained. At the same time, the company, which historically had performed well, began to record an operating deficit, accumulating a debt of about 500 million dollars in just two years. That loss was associated with the export of steel products at less than 10 percent of their real value. The government subsequently made moves to privatize SOMISA, offering "voluntary retirements" of workers and ultimately selling the company at 10% of its value.[6]

In 1992 SOMISA passed into the hands of a consortium led by the Italian-Argentine group Techint, accompanied by the Brazilian companies Usiminas and Companhia Vale do Río Doce and the Chilean company CAP. The company was subsequently renamed Aceros Paraná and Siderar SAIC before arriving at its current name, Ternium Argentina S.A.[7][8][9]



Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size Power source
operating[10] 1960[11][12] 5162[13] Thermoelectric, integrated[14]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Ternium Argentina SA [100%][15] 4295856067 [100%] Ternium Argentina SA[16][14] 4295856067

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
finished rolled[14][17] slabs, hot-rolled, cold-rolled and tinplate coils[14][17] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[14][17] yes[18][19] yes[19] blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF)[14] 1 coking plant (4 batteries, # of ovens unknown); 1 sinter plant (startup date unknown); 3 BOF (1973)[20][14][21]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
3200 TTPA[13][22][23][24] 3200 TTPA

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
3220 TTPA[22] 3220 TTPA

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Sinter Coke
1480 TTPA[22] 1040 TTPA[22]

Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):

Year BOF Production EAF Production OHF Production Total (all routes)
2020 1708 TTPA[25] 1708 TTPA[25]
2021 2148 TTPA[26][23] 2148 TTPA[26][23]


Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details:

Unit name Status Start date Current size Current capacity
2 operating[22] 1974[22] 2340 m³[27][28] 2628 TTPA[28]
1 operating[22] 1960[22] 1548 m³[29] 1387 TTPA[30]

Articles and Resources

References

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  2. "Quiénes somos: Nuestra empresa". Ternium. Retrieved 2020-08-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Ley 12.987: Creación de SOMISA". SAIJ (Sistema Argentino de Información Jurídica). Retrieved 2020-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Privatización de Somisa: disputas de memorias". Agencia Paco Urondo (in español). November 23, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318145710/https://www.argentina.gob.ar/sites/default/files/2021.11.24_sectorial_-_siderurgia_version_web.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  25. 25.0 25.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211206134250/https://s2.q4cdn.com/156255844/files/doc_financials/annual/2020/Sustainability-Report-2020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of steel power plants, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Steel Plant Tracker and Global Blast Furnace Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.