Acerinox Columbus Stainless steel plant
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Acerinox Columbus Stainless steel plant is a steel plant in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa:
- Location: Hendrina Rd, Middelburg, 1050, South Africa
- Coordinates (WGS 84): -25.796313, 29.497972 (exact)
Background
According to the 2011 South African Steel Producers Handbook, Acerinox Columbus Stainless sources most of their raw materials (including steel scrap, ferrochrome, and nickel) from South Africa.[1]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size | Power source | Iron ore source | Coal source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966[2][3] | 1223[4] | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| State-owned entity status | Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partial | Acerinox SA; Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd | 4295889546; 5000021732 | E100000130743; E100001000576 | Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd[2] | 4296772877 | E100000130800 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Responsible steel | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished, finished rolled[2][5] | sheet, plate, stainless, coil, slab[2][6][7] | automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, tools and machinery[8] | Expired[9] | unknown[9] | unknown | 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) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 850[10] | 850[10] |
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 | 523[4] | –[4] | 523[4] |
| 2023 | 477[11] | –[11] | 477[11] |
Unit Details
Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | operating[12] | 850[10] | 100.0[13][12] |
Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
| Unit name | Scrap-based | % scrap | % other iron |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | yes[14][15] | 93.70[16][17] | 6.30[17] |
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References
- ↑ South African Steel Producers Handbook, Department of Mineral Resources, Republic of South Africa, 2011, Retrieved on: Sep. 2, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125060008/https://www.columbus.co.za/about/about.html. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125060008/https://www.columbus.co.za/about/about.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Consolidated annual accounts at December 31, 2022" (PDF). Acerinox, S.A. 2023-03-28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-10.
- ↑ https://issuu.com/stahleisen/docs/int_2013-4.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220320123906/https://www.columbus.co.za/processes/process-diagram.html. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.columbus.co.za/quality/process-flows.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240111032728/https://www.acerinox.com/en/soluciones/aplicaciones/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230514144914/https://www.acerinox.com/en/acerinox/fabricas/columbus-stainless/certificados-de-columbus-stainless/. Archived from the original on 2023-05-14.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240911004143/https://disclosures.ifc.org/project-detail/ESRS/25912/columbus. Archived from the original on 2024-09-11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 (PDF) https://www.acerinox.com/export/sites/acerinox/.content/galerias/galeria-descargas/informacion-eco-financiera/informes-trimestrales-doc/2023-Consolidated-Annual-Accounts-and-Integrated-Annual-Report.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210802085407/https://www.columbus.co.za/processes/technology.html. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240507132609/https://www.columbus.co.za/processes/technology.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.dmr.gov.za/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=XcYm78qEVRc%3D&portalid=0.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://one.oecd.org/document/DSTI/SU/SC(2008)34/en/pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240517185657/https://columbus.co.za/downloads/TCS-SPE-LETTER02.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 17.0 17.1 (PDF) https://www.columbus.co.za/downloads/TCS-SPE-LETTER02.pdf.
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