Aceros Arequipa Pisco steel plant

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Aceros Arequipa Pisco steel plant (Planta siderúrgica de Pisco (Spanish)) is a direct reduced iron-electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) steel plant operating in Pisco, Ica, Peru.

Location

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• Location: Carretera Panamericana Sur Km 241. Paracas. Pisco - Ica, Peru
• Coordinates (WGS 84): -13.788622, -76.168172 (exact)

Background

Founded in 1964, Aceros Arequipa is Peru's largest steel maker. The company began producing finished steel products for the Peruvian market in 1966 with the opening of its new rolling mill in the city of Arequipa. A second lamination facility was launched in Pisco in 1983, and the company began producing its own crude steel in 1987 following a merger with Laminadora del Pacífico. In 1996, DRI operations were added at the Pisco plant, and a year later the company incorporated itself as Aceros Arequipa S.A. following the acquisition of another competitor, Aceros Calibrados S.A. In 2015, Aceros Arequipa consolidated its position as Peru's market leader with the opening of a second rolling mill at Pisco. A year later, the company shut down its original plant in Arequipa, signaling its intention to concentrate future operations at the Pisco location.

2021 capacity expansion and transition from EAF 1 to EAF 2

In July 2021, Aceros Arequipa Pisco raised its nominal steel production capacity from 850 ttpa (thousand tonnes per annum) to 2.1 million tpa with the inauguration of a new SMS electric arc furnace.

In February 2022, the plant's older Danieli EAF was deactivated and placed on standby pending an increase in domestic or international steel demand. Aceros Arequipa's annual reports confirmed that melt shop #2 was responsible for all subsequent steel making at the plant in 2022 and 2023.

As of December 2024, EAF 1 remained idle. While Aceros Arequipa has announced its intention to eventually make improvements to EAF 1 and achieve the plant's full production capacity of 2100 ttpa, recent company reports have offered no timeline or other specific details regarding the reactivation of the older furnace.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase	Plant status	Start date	Workforce size
Main plant	Operating	1987	–
Main plant	Operating	1987	–
Expansion	Operating	2021	745

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Main plant	Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA	4295886029	E100000130730

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase	Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
Main plant	finished rolled	corrugated bars, structures, wire rods, angles, U channels plates, tees, square bars, round bars, helical rounds	building and infrastructure; tools and machinery; transport	2022	DRI, EAF	1 Danieli EAF (80-tonne, 2004); 2 SIIL rotary kiln DRI plants (1996)
Main plant	finished rolled	corrugated bars, structures, wire rods, angles, U channels plates, tees, square bars, round bars, helical rounds	building and infrastructure; tools and machinery; transport	2022	DRI, EAF	1 Danieli EAF (80-tonne, 2004); 2 SIIL rotary kiln DRI plants (1996)
Expansion	finished rolled	corrugated bars, structures, wire rods, angles, U channels plates, tees, square bars, round bars, helical rounds	building and infrastructure; tools and machinery; transport	2022	EAF	1 SMS EAF (120-tonne, 2021)

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant	mothballed	850 TTPA	850 TTPA
Main plant	operating	–	–
Expansion	operating	1250 TTPA	1250 TTPA

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
Main plant	mothballed	–	–
Main plant	operating	80 TTPA	80 TTPA
Expansion	operating	–	–

Table 6: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year	EAF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	388 TTPA	388 TTPA
2021	850 TTPA	850 TTPA
2022	0 TTPA	0 TTPA

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

Year	DRI Production	Total (all routes)
2020	0 TTPA	0 TTPA
2021	0 TTPA	0 TTPA
2022	0 TTPA	0 TTPA

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Resources

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