Ternium Guerrero San Nicolás de los Garza
operatingDRI–EAF route · San Nicolás de los Garza, North America, Mexico
Ternium Guerrero San Nicolás de los Garza 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 about 2.4 million tonnes per year. Its main products are coil, profile.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1943
Emissions
2025
0.69 Mt CO₂e
0.72 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
2,400
EAF
2,400
DRI
1,730
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Iron ore Ternium Mexico mining operations
Steel Products
coil, profile
Ownership
Owner Ternium México SA de CV
Parent unknown [10.8%]; Ternium Argentina SA; Ternium SA
Country Context
Mexico crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Nearby Plants
Other unknown; Ternium Argentina SA; Ternium SA plants
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Location
San Nicolás de los Garza
North America
Mexico
25.7203°, -100.3012°
At a Glance
- Route
- DRI–EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 2,400 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1943
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded