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]
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[6] | – | – | 1912[6] | – | – | 5000[7] |
| Closure | Operating pre-retirement[8] | – | – | – | 2021-07[9][10] | 2028[8] | – |
| Closure | Operating pre-retirement[8] | – | – | – | 2021-07[9][10] | 2028[8] | – |
| Expansion | Announced[11][12] | 2021-07[10] | 2023-01[10] | 2028[11][12] | – | – | – |
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[13] | 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[14] | hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, galvanneal, pre-painted products, tinplate, tubular[15] | automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[16][17] | 2022[18] | BF, BOF, EAF[19] | 2 coking plants (plant #2 (106 ovens, began in 1967), plant #3 (35 ovens, began in 1978)); 1 BOF (began in 1978); EAF (# unknown)[19][14][20][20][20] |
| Closure | finished rolled[14] | hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, galvanneal, pre-painted products, tinplate, tubular[15] | automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[16][17] | – | BF, BOF[19] | 1 BOF (began in 1978)[11][12] |
| Closure | finished rolled[14] | hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, galvanneal, pre-painted products, tinplate, tubular[15] | automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[16][17] | – | BF, BOF[19] | 1 BOF (began in 1978)[11][12] |
| Expansion | finished rolled[14] | hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, galvanneal, pre-painted products, tinplate, tubular[15] | automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[16][17] | – | DRI, EAF[11][12] | 1 Energiron DRI; EAF (# unknown)[11][12][21] |
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[20] | 1350 TTPA[20] |
| Closure | mothballed | –[20][22] | – | –[20][22] |
| Closure | operating pre-retirement | 2700 TTPA[20][22] | – | 2700 TTPA[20][22] |
| Expansion | announced | – | 2400 TTPA[11][12] | 2400 TTPA[11][12] |
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[20][22][23] | – | 716 TTPA[20][22][23] |
| Closure | operating pre-retirement | 2308 TTPA[20][22][23] | – | 2308 TTPA[20][22][23] |
| Expansion | announced | – | 2500 TTPA[10][21] | 2500 TTPA[10][21] |
Table 7: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Phase | Coke | Pellets |
|---|---|---|
| Main plant | >0 TTPA[24] | >0 TTPA[25] |
| 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[24] |
| 2021 | – | – | 2800 TTPA[26] |
| 2022 | 1876 TTPA[26] | 924 TTPA[26] | 2800 TTPA[26] |
Table 9: Actual Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | – | – |
| 2021 | – | – |
| 2022 | 1900 TTPA[20] | 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[27] | unknown | unknown | 1957[28] | 2028[8] | JNE Group[29][30] | 1062 m³[20] | 785[20] | Decarbonization plan underway: https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/arcelormittal-adjusting-steel-production-coronavirus/[22] | 2005-07[29][28] |
| 3 | mothballed[26] | unknown | unknown | 2010[31] | 2028[8] | – | 925 m³[20] | 716[22] | Decarbonization plan underway: https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/arcelormittal-adjusting-steel-production-coronavirus/[22] | 2010[32] |
| 4 | operating pre-retirement[27] | unknown | unknown | 1971[23] | 2028[8] | Hoogoven[33] | 1609 m³[20] | 1523[23] | Decarbonization plan underway: https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/arcelormittal-adjusting-steel-production-coronavirus/[22] | 1998[34][35] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
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