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TT Iron and Steel Point Lisas

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TT Iron Steel Company Ltd · DRI–EAF route · Point Lisas, Central & South America, Trinidad and Tobago

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TT Iron and Steel Point Lisas 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 1.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, wire rod.

Process Route

DRIEAF

Timeline

Operating1980
Idled2016

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,000

EAF

1,000

DRI

2,200

Iron Units

DRI
DRI 1mothballed
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DRI
DRI 2mothballed
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DRI
DRI 3mothballed
1,360 ttpasyngas (reformed methane) · capableMidrexwiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)mothballed
500 ttpa90 tDemagwiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)mothballed
500 ttpa90 tDemagwiki

Steel Products

billet, wire rod

Ownership

Owner TT Iron Steel Company Ltd

Parent TT Iron Steel Company Ltd [100.0%]

Workforce 500 employees

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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