Grupo Acerero steel plant

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Grupo Acerero steel plant (Acería Grupo Acerero), also known as Acería Grupo Acerero, is a steel plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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• Location: Eje 122 esq. Av. CFE, Zona Industrial, 78395 San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., México
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.087328, -100.901902 (exact)

Background

The Grupo Acerero steel plant began operating in 2004 under Grupo Acerero. It is a scrap-based plant.

In 2017, the company broke ground for a new melting plant at the site, representing an investment of $95 million.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Workforce size
2004	2250

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Grupo Fonderia SA de CV	5065378560	E100002000035	Grupo Acerero SA de CV	4298286733	E100000130887

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	wire rod, rebar, billet, bars, plate	building and infrastructure	EAF

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

¹Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Capacity operating status1	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
construction	650	650
operating	725	725

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	589	–	589
2021	604	–	604
2022	673	–	673
2023	480	–	480

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Start date	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1)	operating	–	2019	725
unknown EAF (2)	construction	2023-08	2025	650

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name	Scrap-based	% scrap	% DRI	% HBI	% sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI)	% basic/merchant pig iron	% granulated pig iron	% pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated	% other iron
unknown EAF (1)	yes	99.00	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	1.00
unknown EAF (2)	yes	99.00	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	1.00

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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Resources

• Company website