Acerinox Columbus Stainless steel plant
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Acerinox Columbus Stainless steel plant is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| Operating[2] | 1966[2] | 1223[3] |
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 [76.0%]; Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd [24.0%] | 4295889546 [76%]; 5000021732 [24%] | E100000130743 [76%]; E100001000088 [24%] | Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd[2] | 4296772877 | E100000130800 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished; finished rolled[2] | stainless, slab, coil, plate, sheet[2][4] | EAF[4] | 1 EAF (100-tonne)[5] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 850 TTPA[6] | 850 TTPA[6] |
Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | – | – |
| 2021 | – | – |
| 2022 | 523 TTPA[3] | 523 TTPA |
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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 2.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125060008/https://www.columbus.co.za/about/about.html. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240110022408/https://www.acerinox.com/export/sites/acerinox/es/accionistas-e-inversores/informacion-economica-financiera/informe-anual-integrado/.galleries/Informacion-Anual/2022-Consolidated-Annual-Accounts-and-Integrated-Annual-Report.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320123906/https://www.columbus.co.za/processes/process-diagram.html. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022.
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