Altos Hornos De Mexico SA (AHMSA) steel plant

mothballed

Monclova, North America, Mexico

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Process Route

BFBOFEAF

Timeline

Operating1944

Idled2022

Emissions

2025

2.57 Mt CO₂e

1.23 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

5,500

EAF

1,200

BOF

4,300

Blast Furnace

4,380

Sinter

2,263

Coking

821

Pelletising

4,200

Production

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

Iron Units

BF 5mothballed

2,628 ttpa2210 m³ · relined 2014wiki

BF 6mothballed

1,752 ttpa1392 m³wiki

Steel Units

EAF

unknown EAF (1)mothballed

1,200 ttpa160 twiki

BOF

unknown BOF (1)mothballed

300 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (2)mothballed

300 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (3)mothballed

300 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (4)mothballed

1,700 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (5)mothballed

1,700 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power 40 MW onsite gas-fired power plant (generates more than 50% of steel plant's electricity)

Iron ore MINOSA & CEMESA Mexican iron mining subsidiaries

Met coal MICARE & MIMOSA Mexican coal-mining subsidiaries

Steel Products

sheet, profile, plate

Ownership

Owner Altos Hornos de Mexico SAB de CV

Parent Grupo Acerero del Norte SA de CV [64.0%]; small shareholder(s) [36.0%]

Workforce 7,366 employees

Country Context

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

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Location

Monclova

North America

Mexico

26.8769°, -101.4166°