ArcelorMittal Juiz de Fora steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Juiz de Fora steel plant (Usina siderúrgica ArcelorMittal Juiz de Fora (Portuguese)) is a 1100 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Location

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  • Location: BR-040, Km 769, Juiz de Fora, Mina Gerais, Brazil[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): -21.626963, -43.462361 (exact)

Background

Construction of the Mendes Júnior steel plant in Juiz de Fora began in 1980, with commercial operations starting in 1984. The plant was originally developed by the Brazilian engineering and construction company Grupo Mendes Júnior, and subsequently operated by the Belgian-Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Siderúrgica Belgo-Mineira under a lease agreement signed in 1995.[2] Between 2001 and 2006, the plant was incorporated into the multinational ArcelorMittal steel company.

The Juiz de Fora plant operates as part of ArcelorMittal Brasil's Aços Longos (long steel) division, together with the ArcelorMittal Monlevade steel plant and the ArcelorMittal Piracicaba steel plant.[3] The plant employs two blast furnaces for pig iron production[2], along with an electric arc furnace, using scrap metal and pig iron as the primary inputs.[4][5] It supplies bars and wire rods for civil construction, agribusiness, and other industrial clients.[6]

Expansion plans

In early 2016, ArcelorMittal reported that a 200 ttpa expansion of the Juiz de Fora melt shop was scheduled for completion in 2017, pending improvement in domestic demand.[7] However, the project was listed as "on hold" in subsequent news reports[8] and in ArcelorMittal's 2020 Fact Book[9], and the company's 2021 and 2022 Fact Books dropped all mention of the expansion[10][11], so the project has presumably been cancelled.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
operating[1] 1984[12] 620[13]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
ArcelorMittal SA [100%][14] 5000030092 [100%] Arcelormittal Brasil SA[14][15][1] 4295859712

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
finished rolled[14] rebar, wire rod, bars[16][14] building and infrastructure; tools and machinery[17] blast furnace (BF) and electric arc furnace (EAF)[18][19] 1 EAF (1984)[20][21][14][22]

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

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
1100 TTPA[23] 1100 TTPA

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

Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
360 TTPA[24] 360 TTPA

Table 6: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):

Year BOF Production EAF Production OHF Production Total (all routes)
2020 904 TTPA 904 TTPA
2021 992 TTPA[18][19] 992 TTPA[18][19]

Table 7: Actual Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):

Year BF Production DRI Production Total (all routes)
2020 352 TTPA[25] 352 TTPA[25]
2021 358 TTPA[26] 358 TTPA[26]


Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details:

Unit name Status Start date Current size Current capacity
1 operating[20][21][14][22] January 2007[20][21][14][22] 250 m³[27] 180 TTPA[24][28]
2 operating[20][21][14][22] February 2007[20][21][14][22] 250 m³[27] 180 TTPA[24][28]

Articles and Resources

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Suzana Quinet de Andrade Bastos, Lourival Batista de Oliveira Júnior, Rogério Silva de Mattos (2008). "IMPLANTAÇÃO DA SIDERÚRGICA MENDES JÚNIOR EM JUIZ DE FORA (MG), p. 20" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Pocket Yearbook 2021: A Siderurgia em Números" (PDF). Instituto Aço Brasil. June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "BNamericas - Belgo's Juiz de Fora plant cuts June output". BNamericas. June 16, 2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Siderurgia no Brasil 2010-2025 (p. 58)". CGEE (Centro de Gestão e Estudos Estratégicos). November 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  7. "ArcelorMittal Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2015 (p 94)". US Securities and Exchange Commission. February 22, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. Guerra, Jose (2019-08-22). "ArcelorMittal Brazil extends Tubarao's furnace idleness". S&P Global.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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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 and Global Blast Furnace Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.