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CVG Ferrominera Orinoco

operating

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

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CVG Ferrominera Orinoco 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

1,000

Iron Units

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Inputs & Energy

Iron ore Various mines operated by CVG Ferrominero Orinoco: San Isidro, Los Barrancos, Las Pilas, Altamira, Cerro Bolivar

Steel Products

HBI

Ownership

Owner CVG Ferrominera Orinoco CA

Parent Corporación Siderúrgica de Venezuela SA

State ownership Full

Learn the processes this plant uses

Ironmaking

Direct Reduction (DRI / HBI)

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