VENEZUELA’S IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY: A STRATEGIC PLATFORM FOR SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT
VENEZUELA’S IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY: A STRATEGIC PLATFORM FOR SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT GUAYANA: THE HEART OF GREEN STEEL AND MINERAL POWER IN VENEZUELA The Guayana region, located south of the Orinoco River, is far more than a reservoir of biodiversity. It is the historic and structural core of Venezuela’s heavy industry. Thanks to a unique geological endowment and strategic geography, Guayana hosts one of the most integrated iron and steel industrial ecosystems in the Western Hemisphere—capable of transforming raw iron ore into high–value-added products such as hot briquetted iron (HBI) and finished steel . At a time when the global steel industry is under pressure to decarbonize, secure reliable raw materials, and diversify supply chains, Venezuela’s iron and steel platform deserves renewed attention from international investor s. THE INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEM: WHO IS WHO IN GUAYANA? The iron and steel value chain in Guayana is structured around three c...