Facilities and Infrastructure
METALSIDER began its activities operating with two blast furnaces. In the following years, the company expanded its capacity with the acquisition of three other steel plants, consolidating the current industrial park.
Currently, METALSIDER relies on the following:
- Industrial park that includes seven blast furnaces, whose production capacity is approximately 400 thousand tonnes per year, in a total area of 900,000 m2.
- Pig iron produced in blast furnaces and using charcoal as a reducer;
- Pig iron batch casting from blast furnaces into ladles – each casting corresponding to one heat - promoting chemical homogeneity in the end product;
- Blast furnace feed system controlled by electronic scales.
