SIDERPERU is a
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
vian steel and iron company and controlled by
Gerdau, a
Brazil
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ian
siderurgy company.
The company was founded in 1956 in
Chimbote city. The steel complex is set in a 600 hectares large site and has a production capacity of more than 500 tons of steel products. It includes a
blast furnace
A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally pig iron, but also others such as lead or copper. ''Blast'' refers to the combustion air being supplied above atmospheric pressure.
In a ...
, the only one in Peru, and several
electric arc furnace
An electric arc furnace (EAF) is a Industrial furnace, furnace that heats material by means of an electric arc.
Industrial arc furnaces range in size from small units of approximately one-tonne capacity (used in foundry, foundries for producin ...
s that produce steel sponges. Since its foundation the company is the largest in its sector in Peru.
See also
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Chimbote
References
External links
Official Website
{{IGBVL companies
Manufacturing companies of Peru
Peruvian companies established in 1956
Companies in the S&P/BVL Peru General Index