ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant
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ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant, also known as ArcelorMittal Hamilton; ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Steel Canada, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada:
- Location: Hamilton, 1330 Burlington St. E., Ontario, Canada, L8N 3J5
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 43.269255, -79.804858 (exact)
Background
The ArcelorMittal Dofasco plant began operating in 1912. The plant was purchased by ArcelorMittal in 2006 (the largest steel company in the world), who outbid a German steelmaker rival, ThyssenKrupp.
Environmental Concerns
In 2014, the company paid around half a million CAD after pleading guilty to violating air quality standards in 2012.[1] In 2015, an instrument failure released a large amount of iron oxide dust into the atmosphere.[2] In 2018, another large black plume of dust was released from the plant. The company was fined more than $268,750 CAD in 2021 for this incident.[3]
Transition
In July 2021, an 2400-thousand tonne expansion to the ArcelorMittal Dofasco plant was proposed, with an anticipated completion date of 2028. The expansion represents a 1.756 billion CAD investment (with 400 million CAD coming from federal government support).[4] The new extension is meant to be a transition away from BF-BOF furnace steelmaking to the greener DRI-EAF production; it should reduce emissions at the plant by 60%.[5] According to Newswire, this project, along with the Algoma Steel project announced on July 5, 2021, will reduce Canada's greenhouse gas emissions by up to 6 million tonnes per year.[4]
In 2024, CBC news reported that the plant has missed key milestones in moving the expansion project forward to meet goals in reducing emissions. One goal included retiring and demolishing the coke plant, which as of August 2024 had not begun, bringing into question whether the plant would meet announced and touted emissions reduction goals by 2028.[6]
Low-emissions/green steelmaking
This steel plant is associated with a green steel project tracked in the Green Steel Tracker. Details about the project are included below.
Table 1: Green Steel Project Details
| Project 1 | |
|---|---|
| Company | ArcelorMittal |
| Company has climate goals? | Yes |
| Location | Hamilton, Canada |
| Project name | ArcelorMittal Dofasco DRI |
| Project website | Not available |
| Project scale | Full scale |
| Project status | Announced |
| Year to be online | 2028 |
| Technology to be used | NG-DRI to H-DRI |
| Technology details | Planned gradual phase our of NG-DRI to H-DRI & EAF |
| Iron production capacity (million tonnes per year) | 2 |
| Steel production capacity (million tonnes per year) | 2 |
| CO2 capture (million tonnes CO2 per year) | Not applicable |
| Hydrogen generation capacity(MW) | Not applicable |
| Investment size | 1417 |
| Date of announcement | 2021-07-30 |
Plant Details
Table 2: General Plant Details
| Phase | Plant status | Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Pre-retirement announcement date | Retired date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | Operating[7] | – | – | 1912[7] | – | – | 5000[8] |
| Closure | Operating pre-retirement[9] | – | – | – | 2021-07[10][11] | 2028[9] | – |
| Closure | Operating pre-retirement[9] | – | – | – | 2021-07[10][11] | 2028[9] | – |
| Expansion | Announced[12][13] | 2021-07[11] | 2023-01[11] | 2028[12][13] | – | – | – |
Table 3: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Phase | Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | ArcelorMittal SA [100.0%] | 5000030092 [100%] | E100001000348 [5%] | ArcelorMittal Dofasco Inc[14] | 5044365193 | E100001000495 |
Table 4: Process and Products
| Phase | Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | finished rolled[15] | hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, galvanneal, pre-painted products, tinplate, tubular[16] | automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[17][18] | 2022[19] | BF, BOF, EAF[20] | 2 coking plants (plant #2 (106 ovens, began in 1967), plant #3 (35 ovens, began in 1978)); 1 BOF (began in 1978); EAF (# unknown)[20][15][21][21][21] |
| Closure | finished rolled[15] | hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, galvanneal, pre-painted products, tinplate, tubular[16] | automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[17][18] | – | BF, BOF[20] | 1 BOF (began in 1978)[12][13] |
| Closure | finished rolled[15] | hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, galvanneal, pre-painted products, tinplate, tubular[16] | automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[17][18] | – | BF, BOF[20] | 1 BOF (began in 1978)[12][13] |
| Expansion | finished rolled[15] | hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, galvanneal, pre-painted products, tinplate, tubular[16] | automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[17][18] | – | DRI, EAF[12][13] | 1 Energiron DRI; EAF (# unknown)[12][13][22] |
Table 5: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Phase | Capacity operating status* | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | operating | – | 1350 TTPA[21] | 1350 TTPA[21] |
| Closure | mothballed | –[21][23] | – | –[21][23] |
| Closure | operating pre-retirement | 2700 TTPA[21][23] | – | 2700 TTPA[21][23] |
| Expansion | announced | – | 2400 TTPA[12][13] | 2400 TTPA[12][13] |
Table 6: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Phase | Capacity operating status* | Blast furnace capacity | Sponge iron/DRI capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | operating | – | – | – |
| Closure | mothballed | 716 TTPA[21][23][24] | – | 716 TTPA[21][23][24] |
| Closure | operating pre-retirement | 2308 TTPA[21][23][24] | – | 2308 TTPA[21][23][24] |
| Expansion | announced | – | 2500 TTPA[11][22] | 2500 TTPA[11][22] |
Table 7: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Phase | Coke | Pellets |
|---|---|---|
| Main plant | >0 TTPA[25] | >0 TTPA[26] |
| Closure | – | – |
| Closure | – | – |
| Expansion | – | – |
Table 8: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BOF Production | EAF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | – | – | 2700 TTPA[25] |
| 2021 | – | – | 2800 TTPA[27] |
| 2022 | 1876 TTPA[27] | 924 TTPA[27] | 2800 TTPA[27] |
Table 9: Actual Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | – | – |
| 2021 | – | – |
| 2022 | 1900 TTPA[21] | 1900 TTPA |
Blast Furnace Details
Table 10: Blast Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Retired date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current size | Current capacity (ttpa) | Decarbonization technology | Most recent relining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | operating pre-retirement[28] | unknown | unknown | 1957[29] | 2028[9] | JNE Group[30][31] | 1062 m³[21] | 785[21] | Decarbonization plan underway: https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/arcelormittal-adjusting-steel-production-coronavirus/[23] | 2005-07[30][29] |
| 3 | mothballed[27] | unknown | unknown | 2010[32] | 2028[9] | – | 925 m³[21] | 716[23] | Decarbonization plan underway: https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/arcelormittal-adjusting-steel-production-coronavirus/[23] | 2010[33] |
| 4 | operating pre-retirement[28] | unknown | unknown | 1971[24] | 2028[9] | Hoogoven[34] | 1609 m³[21] | 1523[24] | Decarbonization plan underway: https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/arcelormittal-adjusting-steel-production-coronavirus/[23] | 1998[35][36] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
To access additional data, including an interactive map of steel power plants, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Steel Plant Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.
References
- ↑ CBC (2014-05-26). "ArcelorMittal Dofasco fined after guilty pleas to 6 pollution charges | CBC News". CBC News. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
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- ↑ Taekema, Dan (2021-05-27). "ArcelorMittal Dofasco fined more than $260K for cloud of pollution in 2018 | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development. "Government investing in Hamilton's steel industry to support good jobs and significantly reduce emissions". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
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- ↑ "ArcelorMittal Dofasco misses key milestones in $1.8B 'green' steel project promised for 2028". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
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