DEACERO Celaya is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 2.3 million tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, wire rod, rebar, bar.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1998
Emissions
2025
0.13 Mt CO₂e
0.14 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
2,300
EAF
2,300
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
billet, wire rod, rebar, bar
Ownership
Owner DeAcero SAPI de CV
Parent DeAcero SAPI de CV [100.0%]
Workforce 500 employees
Country Context
Mexico crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Villagrán
North America
Mexico
20.5186°, -100.9256°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 2,300 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1998
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded