Gerdau Corsa Tultitlán 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 500 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are rebar, profile, bar, billet, structural.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1984
Emissions
2025
0.016 Mt CO₂e
0.08 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
500
EAF
500
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
rebar, profile, bar, billet, structural
Ownership
Owner Gerdau Corsa SAPI de CV
Parent Gerdau SA [73.6%]; Grupo Córdova [25.0%]
Workforce 548 employees
Country Context
Mexico crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Nearby Plants
Other Gerdau SA; Grupo Córdova plants
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Location
Tultitlán
North America
Mexico
19.6304°, -99.1803°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 500 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1984
- Products
- Semi-finished
- Certifications
- 1 recorded