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Grupo Acerero steel plant

operating

San Luis Potosí, North America, Mexico

GEM wiki

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating since 2004

Emissions

2025

0.035 Mt CO₂e

0.09 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t

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

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

725

EAF

725

Production

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

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
725 ttpawiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)construction
650 ttpawiki

Steel Products

wire rod, rebar, billet, bars, plate

Ownership

Owner Grupo Acerero SA de CV

Parent Grupo Fonderia SA de CV

Workforce 2,250 employees

Country Context

Mexico 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.