Mexican steelmaker Simec has commenced construction at its $600 million steel mill project in the city of Apizaco.
The mill will have a 600,000 mt/year capacity and will produce a variety of special bar quality (SBQ) products, from large round blooms to large-diameter bars and wire rod.
The new mill will be located near a Simec plant in Tlaxcala, which already produces 400,000 mt/year of SBQ.
Simec’s Apizaco plant is expected to come online in H2 2017.