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CVG Briquetera del Caroní

operating

Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana · DRI–EAF route · Ciudad Guayana, Central & South America, Venezuela

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CVG Briquetera del Caroní 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.

Process Route

DRI

Timeline

Operating since 1990

Capacity (ttpa)

DRI

820

Iron Units

DRI
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820 ttpasyngas (reformed methane) · capableMidrexwiki

Steel Products

HBI

Ownership

Owner Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana

Parent Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana [100.0%]

Workforce 456 employees

State ownership Full

Learn the processes this plant uses

Ironmaking

Direct Reduction (DRI / HBI)

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