Ahmsa - Altos Hornos de Mexico.

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Company name: Ahmsa - Altos Hornos de Mexico SA de CV

Company name: Ahmsa - Altos Hornos de Mexico SA de CV
Category: Iron and steelmaking
Business location: Monclova, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico

Expertise: Flat products, long products
Keywords: Plate, coil, sheet, tinplate, beams, profiles.
Telephone number: +52 (444) 813 34 84
Website: www.ahmsa.com
Email address: info@ahmsa.com

Other information: Altos Hornos de México was constituted in July 1942 as a company with state and private capital. Equipment was acquired in the USA, including a blast furnace that had been abandoned in Saint Louis, Missouri. The first machinery arrived in Monclova in April 1942 and works construction began in October. Supply of iron ore was secured through an agreement with Fundidora Monterrey, and supplied from the Cerro de Mercado mine in Durango. Blast Furnace #1, called 'Guadalupe, was ignited in 1944, marking the official start of AHMSA's operations.

Today, AHMSA is the largest integrated steelworks in Mexico. The firm's corporate offices are located in Monclova, Coahuila, in central region of the State of Coahuila, 250 kilometers from the U.S. border. AHMSA operates a vast industrial chain, from the extraction of iron ore and coal to the manufacturing of various steels. The company has two steel plants in the city of Monclova, which cover an area of ~3,000 acres.

AHMSA currently operates at a rate of close to 5 million metric tons of liquid steel annually, and has a workforce of 19,000, including its mining subsidiaries.

AHMSA is a national leader in production and marketing of flat products. These include hot rolled coil, wide plate in coils or sheets, cold rolled coil, tinplate and tin-free steel. Hot rolled steelproducts include low, medium and high carbon steel; pressure vessel steel; medium and high strength structural steel; pipeline, casing, tubing and drilling pipe steel; and atmospheric corrosion resistant structural steel. AHMSA also has ISO 9002 certified production lines for structural shapes (including W shapes, C shapes, and L shapes or angles) used by the construction industry.

AHMSA's iron ore mines include Minera del Norte - Teseo Mine; Cerro del Mercado Mine, Durango. The company's coal mines include Minera Carbonifera Rio Escondido (steam coal) and Minerales Monclova (coking coal). The Monclova mine is a wholly owned subidiary of Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.

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