Aperam Timóteo steel plant

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Aperam Timóteo steel plant (Usina siderúrgica Aperam Timoteo), also known as Aperam South America Steelworks, Acesita (predecessor), ArcelorMittal Timóteo (predecessor), is a steel plant in Timóteo, Minas Gerais, Brazil that operates blast furnace (BF) and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Praça 1º de Maio, 9, Centro – Timóteo, Minas Gerais, CEP 35180-018, Brazil
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): -19.531272, -42.639979 (exact)

Background

Aperam South America is the biggest Brazilian manufacturer of specialty steels. Headquartered in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, the company is a supplier of stainless, silicon and special carbon steels. Aperam South America's steel market share in Brazil is estimated to be 90%, and it is the only stainless steel maker in Latin America. The company's main plant, at Timóteo in Minas Gerais, has an installed production capacity of 900,000 tons of steel per year. The company also mines iron ore.[1]

Aperam South America, originally known as Acesita, was founded on October 31, 1944. Among its cofounders was Percival Farquhar.[1]

Acesita entered the stainless steel business in the late 1970s, with the Timóteo steel plant completing its first pig iron production run in 1979.[2] The company was privatised by the Brazilian government in 1992. The French steel maker Usinor, now part of ArcelorMittal, took a controlling stake in Acesita 1998. In 2007, ArcelorMittal announced the rebranding of Acesita to ArcelorMittal Inox Brasil.[1]

The company's stock is traded on Bovespa, where it is part of the Ibovespa index. However, ArcelorMittal announced it would buy out all public stock of ArcelorMittal Inox Brasil, and make it a wholly owned subsidiary.[1] In January 2011, the company became part of Luxembourg-based Aperam S.A., changing its name to Aperam South America.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Coal source
1949[3][4] 2317[5] Use charcoal (biomass) from cultivated eucalyptus forests produced by Aperam BioGenergia as a substitute for coke.[6]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Aperam SA 5001428593 E100000130966 Aperam Inox America do Sul SA [100%][7][8] 4295859711 E100000130690 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
finished rolled[9] stainless, slab, special, electrical[10][11] automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[10][12] 2024-06-21[13] unknown[5] 2023-01-16[14][15][16] BF; EAF

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 900[17][10][14][18][11][19] 900[17][10][14][18][11][19]

Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating 701[20][21][22] 701[20][21][22]

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
NF 0[23] 0[23] NF

Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF production Total (all routes)
2019 688[24] 688[24]
2020 696[24] 696[24]
2021 754[25] 754[25]
2022 691[26] 691[26]
2023 726[23] 726[23]

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF production Total (all routes)
2019 454[27] 454[27]
2020 479[27] 479[27]
2021 508[28] 508[28]
2022 475[29] 475[29]
2023 503[30] 503[30]

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
BF 1 operating[14] 1949[31][32][33][34] – 294.0 m3[34] 237[21][20] unknown 2022-01[35]
BF 2 operating[14] 1979[34] Hoogovens[22] 631.0 m3[22] 464[22] unknown 2005-05-08[22]

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
EAF 2 operating[14][36] 2002[18] Danieli[18] 450[19][10][18][14][11][17] 33.0[17][18]
EAF 3 operating[14][36] 1959[36][18] Demag / SMS Siemag[36][18] 450[17][19][10][18][14][11] 33.0[17][18]

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % other iron
EAF 2 yes[5][11][36][18] 56.00[36] 44.00[36]
EAF 3 yes[5][11][36][18] 56.00[36] 44.00[36]

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References

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