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CAP Acero Huachipato

retired

Compania Siderurgica Huachipato SA · BF–BOF Integrated route · Talcahuano, Central & South America, Chile

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CAP Acero Huachipato makes steel by the integrated route: iron ore is smelted into liquid hot metal in a blast furnace, then refined into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 1.4 million tonnes per year. Its main products are rod, wire rod, rebar, special.

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Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating1950
Idled2024
Retired2024

Emissions

2024

0.95 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

1,450

BOF

1,450

Blast Furnace

1,482

Coking

500

Production

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

Iron Units

BF
BF 1retired
730 ttpa755 m³Brassertwiki
BF
BF 2retired
752 ttpa881 m³ · relined 2019Kopperswiki

Steel Units

BOF
BOF 1retired
669 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF 2retired
781 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Iron ore El Romeral iron mine, other iron mines owned by CAP Minería

Steel Products

rod, wire rod, rebar, special

Ownership

Owner Compania Siderurgica Huachipato SA

Parent CAP SA [100.0%]

Workforce 1,193 employees

Learn the processes this plant uses

Ironmaking

Blast Furnace Ironmaking

Steelmaking

Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) Steelmaking

Secondary Metallurgy

Ladle Furnace (LF) — Secondary Metallurgy

Casting

Continuous Casting

Rolling

Hot Rolling

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