ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant, also known as ArcelorMittal Hamilton, ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Steel Canada, is a steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada that operates blast furnace (BF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF), electric arc furnace (EAF), and direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

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  • 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

All references for the above data are available in the Green Steel Tracker.
Project 1
Project name ArcelorMittal Dofasco DRI
Company ArcelorMittal
Company has climate goals? Yes
Location Hamilton, Canada
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 out 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 (m USD) 1417
Date of announcement 2021-07-30

Plant Details

Table 2: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
1912[7] 5000[8]

Table 3: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
ArcelorMittal SA 5000030092 E100000000687 ArcelorMittal Dofasco GP[9] 5044365193 E100001000495

Table 4: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
finished rolled[10] tinplate, galvanized, cold rolled, hot rolled, tube[11] automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[12][13] 2022[14] 2024-01-11[15] BF; DRI; BOF; EAF

Table 5: 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 Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced – 2400[16][17][18] 2400[16][17][18]
operating – 1350[19] 1350[20]
operating pre-retirement 2700[21][22] – 2700[23][22]

Table 6: 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 Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
announced – 2500[24][25] 2500[24][25]
mothballed 716[22] – 716[22]
operating pre-retirement 2308[26][27] – 2308[28][27]

Table 7: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Ferronickel Coke Pellets
NF >0[29] >0[30]

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

Year BOF production EAF production Other/unknown steel production Total (all routes)
2019 unknown[31] unknown[31] 3300[31] 3300[31]
2020 unknown[29] unknown[29] 2700[29] 2700[29]
2021 unknown[32] unknown[32] 2800[32] 2800[32]
2022 1876[32] 924[32] –[32] 2800[32]
2023 2067[18] 1033[18] –[18] 3100[18]

Table 9: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF production Other/unknown iron production Total (all routes)
2019 2387[33] –[34] 2387[35]
2020 unknown unknown –
2021 unknown unknown –
2022 1900[36] –[37] 1900[38]
2023 2100[39] –[39] 2100[39]

Unit Details

Table 10: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Retired date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
BF 2 operating pre-retirement[40] 1957[41] 2028[42] JNE Group[43][44] 1062.0 m3[45] 785[46] Decarbonization plan underway: https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/arcelormittal-adjusting-steel-production-coronavirus/[22] 2005-07[47]
BF 3 mothballed[32] 2010[48] 2028[42] – 925.0 m3[49] 716[22] Decarbonization plan underway: https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/arcelormittal-adjusting-steel-production-coronavirus/[22] 2010[50]
BF 4 operating pre-retirement[40] 1971[27] 2028[42] Hoogoven[51] 1609.0 m3[52] 1523[27] Decarbonization plan underway: https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/arcelormittal-adjusting-steel-production-coronavirus/[22] –

Table 11: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace type Current capacity (ttpa) Reductant
unknown DRI (1) announced[17] 2028[53] shaft furnace[18] 2500[25][24] methane[18]

Table 12: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) operating[54] – 1350[55] 167.0[56][57][10]
unknown EAF (2) announced[16][17] 2028[58] 2400[18][16][17] –

Table 13: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % DRI % HBI % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) % basic/merchant pig iron % granulated pig iron % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated % other iron
unknown EAF (1) yes[59] 100.00[60] – – – – – – –
unknown EAF (2) yes[61] >0[61] >0[61] unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown

Table 14: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
unknown BOF (1) operating pre-retirement[62] 2700[63][22] 190.0 m3[16][17]

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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