ArcelorMittal Juiz de Fora steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Juiz de Fora steel plant (Usina siderúrgica Mendes Júnior, Usina siderúrgica ArcelorMittal Juiz de Fora) is a steel plant in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil that operates blast furnace (BF) and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

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

Start date	Workforce size
1984	1000

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
ArcelorMittal SA; small shareholder(s)	5000030092; not applicable	E100000000687; E100001015587	ArcelorMittal Brasil SA	4295859712	E100001000493

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Responsible steel	Main production equipment
finished rolled	wire rod, rebar, bar	building and infrastructure, tools and machinery	2023-08-30	unknown	2024-10-30	BF; EAF

Table 4: 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	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
cancelled	200	200
operating	1100	1100

Table 5: 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	Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating	360	360

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Ferronickel	Sinter	Coke	Pellets
NF	0	0	0

Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year	EAF production	Total (all routes)
2019	835	835
2020	904	904
2021	992	992
2022	950	950
2023	950	950

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

Year	BF production	Total (all routes)
2019	366	366
2020	352	352
2021	358	358
2022	369	369
2023	361	361

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology	Most recent relining
BF 1	operating	2007	Saint-Gobain (parts)	250.0	180	unknown	2020-12
BF 2	operating	2007	Saint-Gobain (parts)	250.0	180	unknown	2021-09

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Retired date	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1)	operating	1984	–	1100
unknown EAF (2)	cancelled	–	2019	200

Table 11: 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	>0	–	–	–	–	–	>0	–
unknown EAF (2)	None	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown

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