CAP Acero Huachipato steel plant

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CAP Acero Huachipato steel plant (Planta siderúrgica Huachipato) is a steel plant in Talcahuano, Concepción, Chile that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Av. Gran Bretaña 2910, Huachipato, Talcahuano, Chile
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): -36.746421, -73.129171 (exact)

Background

The CAP Acero steel plant, known in Spanish as Siderúrgica Huachipato, is Chile's only integrated steel mill.[1] It is owned and operated by Compañía Siderúrgica Huachipato S.A., the steelmaking division of Grupo CAP (Compañía de Acero del Pacífico, or Pacific Steel Company), a leader in Chile's iron mining and steel making industries.[2]

CAP was founded in 1946 as a joint venture between the Chilean government agency CORFO (33%), the Caja Autónoma de Amortización de la Deuda Pública (14%), and private shareholders (53%). The company, renamed Grupo de Empresas CAP in 1981, was entirely privatized in 1987.[3] Construction of the steel plant began in early 1947, and it was officially inaugurated on November 25, 1950.[4]

Since 1950 CAP has maintained its position as Chile's leading steel producer and processor, while steadily modernizing and upgrading its infrastructure.[1] [5] The plant's blast furnace/basic oxygen furnace system is fed with iron ore from CAP's own mines. The plant's continuous casting facilities and rolling mill transform the resulting steel into slabs, billets, and a variety of products destined for national and international markets, including cold- and hot-rolled steel, grinding bars, rebar, and wire rod for use in construction, mining and other industries.[6][7]

In 2013, the plant's blast furnace No. 2 was idled as part of a company-wide cost-cutting plan, but the furnace was reportedly brought back online in April 2019.[8]

2024 shutdown of operations

In 2024, competition from low-cost Chinese steel resulted in repeated shutdowns of the Huachipato plant. The plant initially ceased operations in March 2024, following a 44% year-over-year increase in Chinese imports between 2022 and 2023.[9] Chile's government responded by slapping tariffs on imported steel, allowing the plant to resume operations for several months, but in August 2024 the plant's owners announced renewed plans to cease production indefinitely.[9] In September 2024, the plant was shuttered, and the company reported that the shutdown would likely be permanent.[10]

Low-emissions/green steelmaking

This steel plant is associated with a green steel project tracked in the Green Steel Tracker. Details about the project are included below.

Table 1: Green Steel Project Details

All references for the above data are available in the Green Steel Tracker.
Project 1
Project name H2V CAP
Company Compania Siderurgica Huachipato SA
Company has climate goals? No
Location Hualpén, Chile
Project website Site
Project scale Pilot
Project status Announced
Year to be online 2025
Technology to be used H2 production
Technology details Not stated
Iron production capacity (million tonnes per year) 0
Steel production capacity (million tonnes per year) Not stated
CO2 capture (million tonnes CO2 per year) Not applicable
Hydrogen generation capacity (MW) 17
Investment size (m USD) 3.6
Partners Paul Wurth Italia SpA (SMS Group), Corfo
Date of announcement 2022-05-26

Plant Details

Table 2: General Plant Details

Start date Idled date Workforce size Iron ore source
1950[11] 2024-09-16[12][13][14][15] 1193[16] El Romeral iron mine, other iron mines owned by CAP Minería[17][18]

Table 3: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
CAP SA [100.0%] 4295863321 [100.0%] E100001000728 [100.0%] Compania Siderurgica Huachipato SA [100%][19] 5000030020 E100000130911 [100%]

Table 4: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
finished rolled[19] rod, wire rod, rebar, special[19] automotive, building and infrastructure, tools and machinery[20] 2024-01-18[21] 2024-07-15[22] unknown[23] BF; BOF

Table 5: 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 Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
mothballed 1450[24] 1450[24]

Table 6: Plant-level Crude Iron 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 Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
mothballed 1482[25][26] 1482[25][26]

Table 7: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
NF[27] NF[27] 500[28][24] NF[27]

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BOF production Total (all routes)
2019 724[29] 724[29]
2020 801[30] 801[30]
2021 833[31] 833[31]
2022 701[32] 701[32]
2023 715[33] 715[33]

Table 9: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF production Total (all routes)
2019 609[29] 609[29]
2020 664[30][34] 664[30][34]
2021 695[35] 695[35]
2022 581[36] 581[36]
2023 598[37] 598[37]

Unit Details

Table 10: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
BF 1 mothballed[12][13] 1950[38] Brassert[38] 755.0 m3[28][38] 730[25] unknown –
BF 2 mothballed[12][13][39] 1966[38] Koppers[38] 881.0 m3[28][38] 752[26] unknown 2019-04[40]

Table 11: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
BOF 1 mothballed[12][13] 669[24] 755.0 m3[27][41]
BOF 2 mothballed[12][13] 781[24] 881.0 m3[27][41]

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References

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  20. ↑ "Nuestros Productos en el Mercado". Siderúrgica Huachipato. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16.
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