AZA Colina
operatingAceros AZA SA · EAF route · Colina, Central & South America, Chile
AZA Colina is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of 520 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are wire rod, profile, bar.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1999
Emissions
2025
0.037 Mt CO₂e
0.08 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
520
EAF
520
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
wire rod, profile, bar
Ownership
Owner Aceros AZA SA
Parent Ingenieria e Inversiones Ltda; Inversiones Los Andes SA; Inversiones Reyosan SpA; Matco Cables SpA
Workforce 667 employees
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Location
Colina
Central & South America
Chile
-33.2947°, -70.7279°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 520 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1999
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded