Ternium Puebla steel plant

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Ternium Puebla steel plant (Planta Largos Ternium Puebla), also known as Hylsamex Puebla (predecessor), is a steel plant in San Miguel Xoxtla, Puebla, Mexico that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in San Miguel Xoxtla, Puebla, Mexico:

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• Location: Km 108 Mexico, Puebla Highway San Miguel Xoxtla (72620) Puebla, Mexico
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 19.169532, -98.318659 (exact)

Background

The Puebla steel plant was founded in 1969 by Mexican company Hylsa (Hojalata y Lámina S.A.).

In the late 1950s, Hylsa, which had begun making steel at its San Nicolás de los Garza steel plant near Monterrey in the 1940s, pioneered a new gas-based method for creating direct reduced iron (DRI). The company's groundbreaking DRI technology, known as the HyL process, was soon patented, and the Puebla plant became one of the first in the world to use it commercially.

In 1974, Hylsa became the core member of the newly founded Alfa industrial group. In 2005 the company was sold to the Italian-Argentine conglomerate Techint and incorporated into Techint's new Ternium division.

Today the Ternium Puebla plant specializes in production of long steel products including rebar, wire rod and round bar for the construction, industrial and automotive sectors. Recent developments at the plant include the September 2019 installation of a new bag filter system to capture fumes and dust in the electric arc furnace.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Workforce size	Iron ore source
1969	575	Ternium Mexico mining operations

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
unknown [10.8%]; Ternium Argentina SA; Ternium SA	not applicable [10.8%]; 4295856067; 4295856130	E100000132388 [10.8%]; E100000130688; E100001000384	Ternium México SA de CV [100%]	4295884332	E100000004192 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	wire rod, round bar, rebar	automotive, building and infrastructure, tools and machinery	yes	DRI; 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)
operating	1330	1330

Table 5: 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	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating	930	930

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Sinter	Pellets
NF	NF

Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year	EAF production	Other/unknown steel production	Total (all routes)
2019	680	–	680
2020	unknown	unknown	–
2021	830	–	830
2022	790	–	790
2023	690	–	690

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

Year	DRI production	Other/unknown iron production	Total (all routes)
2019	unknown	unknown	–
2020	unknown	unknown	–
2021	>0	>0	–
2022	927	–	927
2023	940	–	940

Unit Details

Table 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Furnace type	Current capacity (ttpa)
DRI 2P5	operating	1995	Tenova/Danieli HYL/ENERGIRON	shaft furnace	930

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)	operating	1998	Fuchs DC:shaft;EBT	1330	181.43

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name	Scrap-based	% scrap	% DRI
unknown EAF (1)	yes	30.00	70.00

Articles and Resources

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Resources

• Company website