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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.

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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