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 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
• 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. 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. The plant employs two blast furnaces for pig iron production, along with an electric arc furnace, using scrap metal and pig iron as the primary inputs. It supplies bars and wire rods for civil construction, agribusiness, and other industrial clients.

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. However, the project was listed as "on hold" in subsequent news reports and in ArcelorMittal's 2020 Fact Book, and the company's 2021 and 2022 Fact Books dropped all mention of the expansion, so the project has presumably been cancelled.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase	Plant status	Start date	Retired date	Workforce size
Main plant	Operating	1984	–	620
Expansion	Cancelled	–	2019	–

Table 2: 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 [97.1%]; other [2.9%]	5000030092 [97.1%]; unknown [2.9%]	E100001000348 [4.9%]; E100000001753 [2.9%]	Arcelormittal Brasil SA	4295859712	E100001000493

Table 3: 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	rebar, wire rod, bars	building and infrastructure; tools and machinery	2023	BF, EAF	1 EAF (1984)
Expansion	finished rolled	rebar, wire rod, bars	building and infrastructure; tools and machinery	–	EAF	200 ttpa melt shop expansion proposed but apparently cancelled

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	1100 TTPA	1100 TTPA
Expansion	cancelled	200 TTPA	200 TTPA

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Blast furnace capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	360 TTPA	360 TTPA
Expansion	cancelled	–	–

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

Year	EAF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	904 TTPA	904 TTPA
2021	992 TTPA	992 TTPA
2022	950 TTPA	950 TTPA

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

Year	BF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	352 TTPA	352 TTPA
2021	358 TTPA	358 TTPA
2022	369 TTPA	369 TTPA

Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology	Most recent relining
1	operating	unknown	unknown	2007-01	Saint-Gobain (parts)	250 m³	180	unknown	2020-12
2	operating	unknown	unknown	2007-02	Saint-Gobain (parts)	250 m³	180	unknown	2021-09

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