Ternium Apodaca steel plant

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Ternium Apodaca steel plant (Ternium Largos Norte, Acería Ternium Apodaca), also known as Ternium Bar/Rod Division Apodaca, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico.

Location

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  • Location: Boulevard Carlos Salinas de Gortari Km 11.5, Apodaca (66600), Nuevo León
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 25.742085, -100.236478 (exact)

Background

The Ternium Apodaca steel plant began operating in 1993.[1] The plant is 100% scrap-based.[1]

In 2017, Ternium invested US$ 1.1 billion into adding a new hot rolling mill at the Apodaca plant.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[3] 1993[4] >251[5]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Ternium SA [100.0%] 4295856130 [100%] E100001000384 [100%] Ternium Mexico SA de CV[6] 4295884332 E100000004192

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[7] billets, rebar[7] building and infrastructure[7] yes[8][9] EAF[10] 1 EAF (100-tonnes; began in 1993)[7][11][4]

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.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 600 TTPA[4] 600 TTPA[4]

Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020 >0 TTPA[12] >0 TTPA
2021 >0 TTPA[13] >0 TTPA
2022 528 TTPA[14] 528 TTPA

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 2021 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup. Association for Iron & Steel Technology, Jan. 2021.
  2. "Ternium unveils US$ 1.1 billion investment plan in Nuevo Leon". MEXICONOW. 2017-09-28. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20220121153902/https://investors.ternium.com/Spanish/centro-de-inversores-ternium/default.aspx. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "2022 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2022. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  5. https://mexicopymes.com/info/ternium-largos-norte-47AA468EB2C35010. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220112164136/https://mx.ternium.com/es/hecho-con-acero. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220120110737/https://s2.q4cdn.com/156255844/files/doc_financials/annual/Ternium-20-F-2019.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230922004739/https://us.ternium.com/media/kc1p0rmf/sustainability-report-2022.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220616021144/https://mx.ternium.com/media/yfuheknm/epp-ternium-varilla-a-partir-de-chatarra-de-acero.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125054704/https://s2.q4cdn.com/156255844/files/doc_financials/annual/2020/2020-Ternium-20-F.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20210817232101/http://digital.library.aist.org/pages/PR-RU2020-2.htm. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220707184201/https://www.canacero.org.mx/en/aceroenmexico/descargas/Radiografia_de_la_Industria_del_Acero_en_Mexico_2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221007201122/https://www.canacero.org.mx/aceroenmexico/descargas/Radiografia_de_la_Industria_del_Acero_en_Mexico_2022.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240111065534/https://www.canacero.org.mx/aceroenmexico/descargas/Radiografia_de_la_Industria_del_Acero_en_Mexico_2023.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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