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Billet
Semi-finished steel product used to roll long products such as rod, wire rod, bars and structural products. The bilete differs from the slab by its external dimensions and by its section, which is generally square; it measures between two and seven inches of edge, and the slab of rectangular section, measures between 30 and 80 inches wide and 2 and 10 inches thick.
BMV
Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A.B. de C.V.
CFE
Comisión Federal de Electricidad.
Circular única
It means the General Provisions applicable to securities issuers and other stock market participants initially published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on March 19, 2003, as they have been modified.
CNBV
Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores.
Cold Rolled Steel Sheet
Steel sheet that after being hot rolled, has gone through a descaling process and cold reduction mills. Cold rolled steel sheets have a caliber considerably less than hot sheets; therefore, it is a product of higher value added.
Collection Centers
Courtyards for mixing coal from different supply sources for delivery of a single coal according to the customer’s specifications.
Continuous Casting (“CC”)
Method of casting steel directly from the furnace to a certain mold, either steel slab or billet. The steel in the furnace is casted into pots which are placed on a distributor, which in turn, is located on the top of the continuous casting. While the steel is casted from the distributor into a mold, it solidifies forming a hot steel ribbon. At the end of the continuous casting, a guillotine cuts the continuous flow forming billets or slabs.
Descaling
Process in which the roll of steel is cleaned from rust, impurities and oil for use in subsequent processes. Through a continuous process, the roll is unrolled and goes through a bath of hydrochloric acid to remove oxidation. Later, the blade is rinsed and dried.
Dollar or USD
Legal currency in the United States of America.
Dumping
Unfair trade practice sanctioned by Mexican laws and the World Trade Organization (“WTO”), which consists of selling a product for export at a price lower than that in its domestic market.
Environmental Laws
Mean the laws, bylaws, ordinances, regulations, criteria, guidelines, federal, state, and municipal official standards and rules currently in force in Mexico concerning to the regulation and protection of human health, safety, environment and natural resources, including air, surface waters, groundwater, wetlands, land, superficial or subsoil strata, flora and fauna, aquatic species and vegetation.
Financial Statements
The consolidated financial statements of Altos Hornos de México, S.A.B de C.V.
Hot Mill
Reducing mill consisting of several roll-housings that turn steel slab to steel rolls. This mill uses horizontal rollers of decreasing distance between them to push the steel slab and turn it to steel rolls.
Hot Rolled Steel Sheet
Hot steel roll flattened in a mill. It can be sold this way or it can be further processed in other finished goods.
IFRS
International Financial Reporting Standard
Indeval
S.D. Indeval Institución para el Depósito de Valores, S.A. de C.V.
Indeval
Institución para el Depósito de Valores, S.A. de C.V.
Ingot
Steel semi-finished good. Liquid steel is poured into moulds or ingot moulds where it solidifies. Once the steel cools, the mold is removed and the ingot is overheated to subsequently go through hot mills.
Installed Capacity
Nominal capacity to produce steel in a specific period of time.
Iron Ore
A mineral that contains enough iron to be used in the production of steel. The iron is not found freely, but it is trapped in the crust of the soil in the form of iron oxide.
ISO
International organization for standardization of operations for the assurance of production quality.
ISO 14001
International voluntary certification that allows managing the impacts of an activity, a good or a service in relation to the environment in accordance with the ISO.
ISO 9001
Certification concerning the standardization and normalization of operations for the assurance of production quality.
ISR
El Impuesto Sobre la Renta.
IVA
El Impuesto al Valor Agregado.
Lims
Magnetic drums.
LMV
Ley del Mercado de Valores.
Long Products
Classification of steel products which include rods, bars, wire rods and structural products.
MMBTU
Million of British Termal Unit.
Pellet
Particle of iron ore condensed into small spheres in a palletizing drum and hardened by means of heat.
Pig Iron
Semi-finished metal produced from iron ore in blast furnace, raw material used in the manufacture of steel.
Placement
The placement of the Shares among the large investing public.
PROFEPA
La Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Medio Ambiente.
RNV
Registro Nacional de Valores.
SE
Secretaría de Economía.
SEMARNAT
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales.
Steel Slab
Semi-finished Steel good of flat steel that is laminated in a mill to obtain hot rolled sheets. The slabs are between 30 and 96 inches wide (and an average of 20 feet long), while the continuous thin steel slab is 2 inches thick.