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ESM Mutún

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Empresa Siderúrgica del Mutún SA · DRI–EAF route · Puerto Suárez, Central & South America, Bolivia

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ESM Mutún follows the DRI–EAF route: iron ore is reduced in the solid state to direct reduced iron by direct reduction, then melted into steel in an electric arc furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of 200 thousand tonnes per year.

Process Route

DRIEAF

Timeline

Announced2016
Construction2019
Operating2025

Emissions

2025

0.12 Mt CO₂e

1.00 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

200

EAF

200

DRI

250

Pelletising

400

Iron Units

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Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
200 ttpawiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)announced
500 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power onsite power plant

Ownership

Owner Empresa Siderúrgica del Mutún SA

Parent Empresa Siderúrgica del Mutún SA [100.0%]

Workforce 700 employees

State ownership Full

Learn the processes this plant uses

Ironmaking

Direct Reduction (DRI / HBI)

Steelmaking

Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Steelmaking

Secondary Metallurgy

Ladle Furnace (LF) — Secondary Metallurgy

Casting

Continuous Casting

Rolling

Hot Rolling

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