CVG Comsigua DRI plant
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CVG Comsigua DRI plant (Complejo Siderúrgico de Guayana) is a steel plant in Ciudad Guayana, Bolívar, Venezuela that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Ciudad Guayana, Bolívar, Venezuela:
- Location: Parque Industrial CVG Minorca, Zona industrial Matanzas, Sector Punta Cuchillo, Ciudad Guayana 8050, Bolívar, Venezuela
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 8.297662, -62.780149 (exact)
Background
The Comsigua DRI plant began operations in 1998 as a joint venture between Kobe Steel, Tamsa México, and the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana.[1] The plant's full name - Complejo Siderúrgico de Guayana - reflects the owners' original vision of creating a larger steel complex comprising two DRI plants, an EAF melt shop and continuous casting facilities.[1] However, financial concerns caused the project to be limited to iron reduction only.[1]
Comsigua produced more than 1 million tonnes of briquettes annually during its first several years of operation, but production dropped off sharply after the plant was nationalized in 2009.[1] Tenaris, the parent corporation of Tamsa México, successfully brought legal charges for breach of international treaty, forcing the Venezuelan government to pay compensatory damages of US $31.7 million in 2011.[1] Comsigua's DRI production, which plummeted to near zero by 2016[1], has recovered somewhat in recent years but continues to be negatively impacted by Venezuela's fragile economy. Comsigua barely achieved 25% of its operational capacity in 2020, and workers have reported that the plant is falling apart and in serious need of new investment.[2]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1998[3][4] | 353[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Complejo Siderurgico de Guayana CA [100.0%] | 5000013807 [100.0%] | E100000130906 [100.0%] | Complejo Siderurgico de Guayana CA [100%][5] | 5000013807 | E100000130906 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Responsible steel | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude | HBI[3][6] | unknown | unknown | unknown[7] | DRI |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Sponge iron/DRI capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 1000[8][3][4] | 1000[8][3][4] |
Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Sinter | Pellets |
|---|---|
| NF | NF |
Table 6: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | DRI production | Other/unknown iron production |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | >0[9] | >0[9] |
| 2020 | >0[10][11] | >0[10][11] |
| 2021 | >0[12] | >0[12] |
| 2022 | >0[13] | >0[13] |
| 2023 | >0[4] | >0[4] |
Unit Details
Table 7: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Furnace type | Current capacity (ttpa) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown DRI (1) | operating[4] | 1998[3][4][8] | Midrex[4] | shaft furnace[4] | 1000[3][4][8] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
To access additional data, including an interactive map of steel power plants, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Iron and Steel Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Empresas Heridas de Muerte: Corrompiendo el Metal" (PDF). Transparencia Venezuela. 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Trabajadores de Comsigua protestaron por beneficios". Primicia. September 15, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Empresas Heridas de Muerte: Corrompiendo el Metal: Abandono, Neglegencia y Corrupción" (PDF). Transparencia Venezuela. 2018-11-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20241206001823/https://www.midrex.com/wp-content/uploads/MidrexSTATSBook2023.Final_-2.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-12-06.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Valores y Principios". Complejo Siderúrgico de Guayana, (Comsigua, C.A.). Archived from the original on 2022-03-18.
- ↑ "Complejo Siderúrgico Guayana (COMSIGUA)". Corporación Venezolana de Guayana CVG. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16.
- ↑ https://www.responsiblesteel.org/issued-certificates-and-ongoing-audits.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 https://imis.aist.org/store/detail.aspx?id=PR-RU2024-8.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 "2019 World Direct Reduction Statistics" (PDF). Midrex. 2020-09-04. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-23.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Trabajadores de Comsigua protestaron por beneficios". Primicia. 2020-09-15. Archived from the original on 2022-10-01.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "2020 World Direct Reduction Statistics" (PDF). Midrex. 2021-09-14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-29.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "2021 World Direct Reduction Statistics" (PDF). Midrex. 2022-09-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-10-08.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "2022 World Direct Reduction Statistics" (PDF). Midrex. 2023-09-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-03.
