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CVG Briquetera de Venezuela

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Matesi · DRI–EAF route · Ciudad Guayana, Central & South America, Venezuela

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CVG Briquetera de Venezuela produces direct reduced iron by direct reduction — solid metallic iron made by reducing ore below its melting point — a feedstock for electric steelmaking. Its main products are hbi.

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How direct reduction works

The process behind this plant, explained from first principles.

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Process Route

DRI

Timeline

Operating since 2000

Capacity (ttpa)

DRI

1,500

Production

Ironproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker).

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Steel Products

HBI

Ownership

Owner Matesi

Parent Matesi [100.0%]

Workforce 130 employees

State ownership Full

Learn the processes this plant uses

Ironmaking

Direct Reduction (DRI / HBI)

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