Grupo Simec Apizaco Cholula
operatingAceros Especiales Simec Tlaxcala SA de CV · EAF route · Xaloztoc, North America, Mexico
GEM wikiGrupo Simec Apizaco Cholula 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 1.1 million tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, rebar, bar.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 2018
Emissions
2025
0.036 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
1,140
EAF
1,140
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
billet, rebar, bar
Ownership
Owner Aceros Especiales Simec Tlaxcala SA de CV
Parent Grupo Simec SAB de CV [100.0%]
Workforce 598 employees
Country Context
Mexico crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Xaloztoc
North America
Mexico
19.3956°, -98.0888°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,140 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2018
- Products
- Crude