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Ternium Siderar San Nicolás steel plant

operating

San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Central & South America, Argentina

ISO 14001ISO 50001
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Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1960

Emissions

2025

3.95 Mt CO₂e

1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

3,501

BOF

3,501

Blast Furnace

4,015

Sinter

1,480

Coking

1,040

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Iron Units

BF
BF 1operating
1,387 ttpa1548 m³ · relined 2009Campana/McKeewiki
BF
BF 2operating
2,628 ttpa2340 m³ · relined 2008Paul Wurth/Head Wrightsonwiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
1,167 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating
1,167 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (3)operating
1,167 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power Thermoelectric, integrated

Steel Products

tinplate, slab, cold rolled, hot rolled

Ownership

Owner Ternium Argentina SA

Parent Ternium Argentina SA [100.0%]

Workforce 2,074 employees

Country Context

Argentina crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).

Facility emissions estimates from Climate TRACE. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.