TYASA
operatingTalleres y Aceros SA de CV · EAF route · Ixtaczoquitlán, North America, Mexico
GEM wikiTYASA 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 1.6 million tonnes per year. Its main products are wire rod, rebar, sheet, rod, mesh, bar, billet, wire, profile.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1993
Emissions
2025
0.053 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
1,650
EAF
1,650
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
wire rod, rebar, sheet, rod, mesh, bar, billet, wire, profile
Ownership
Owner Talleres y Aceros SA de CV
Parent Talleres y Aceros SA de CV [100.0%]
Workforce 2,300 employees
Country Context
Mexico crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Ixtaczoquitlán
North America
Mexico
18.8693°, -97.0473°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,650 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1993
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled