Auction of AHMSA assets is next step in bankruptcy proceedings

This marked an important step in the liquidation stage of its bankruptcy proceedings, the company said on March 5.

The trustee’s report provided a detailed record of real estate, machinery, and other assets of the company’s steel operations in Monclova, Coahuila, in northeast Mexico.

AHMSA’s massive steelworks once operated three blast furnaces, an EAF, multiple continuous casters, a hot strip line, two cold strip lines, and tinning equipment. It employed some 20,000 workers and could make up to 5.5 million metric tons of hot- and cold-rolled sheet, plate, and tinplate each year.

Previous reports have suggested the assets, or whatever remains of them, are in rough condition.

A report by Mining Mexico this week suggested an auction of the assets could come as soon as the end of this month. The publication also reported Aguilera Gómez as telling workers in a letter that “Once the inventory and appraisal of the assets have been completed, the next step will be the call for the auction of assets. The announcement is scheduled for the end of March 2025.”

AHMSA noted that the trustee’s inventory valuation of its mining assets, Minera del Norte (MINOSA), is still ongoing. Mining Mexico said the trustee plans to complete his report in the second half of this month.

AHMSA could not be reached for comment.