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Monclova

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Monclova (mŏnclōvə), city (1990 pop. 177,792), central Coahuila state, Mexico. Situated on the northern end of the Sierra Madre Oriental, it is a regional commercial and industrial center. Monclova's chief industry is the production of iron and steel. It is the third largest city in Coahuila state.
Monclova 

a city in northern Mexico, in Coahuila State. Population, 99,000 (1969). It is a transportation junction and an important center of the ferrous metallurgy industry, which uses iron ore from La Perla and coal from Sabinas. There are also coke-oven and chemical (sulfuric acid) industries.



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The contract to supply Volvo the new MD11 and MD13 iron engine blocks was signed in Monclova, Mexico, by the president and CEO of Teksid Nafta/Mercosul Operation, Giacomo Regaldo, and the purchasing representative of Volvo Sweden, Stefan Johanson.
At least 28 people were killed and 130 injured on September 10 when a truck trailer laden with 25 metric tons of ammonium nitrate explosives crashed and sent a bright orange fireball along a two-lane highway north of Monclova, Mexico.
Work done in Hanesbrand's Monclova plant, which employs about 1,700, will move to the Caribbean (no specific countries were identified), said company spokesman Matthew Hall.
 
 
 
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