ArcelorMittal Montreal steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Montreal steel plant, also known as ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada; ArcelorMittal Contrecoeur, is a direct reduced iron-electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) steel plant operating in Contrecœur, Quebec, Canada.

Location

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  • Location: 800, Montée de la Pomme d'Or, Contrecœur (Quebec), J0L 1C0, Canada
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 45.835148, -73.254957 (exact)

Background

ArcelorMittal Montreal consists of two steel plants, ArcelorMittal Contrecoeur East and ArcelorMittal Contrecoeur West, a DRI plant, a bar mill, wire rod mill, and steel recycling center at the the Quebec location. Two additional wire mills in Montreal (St. Patrick wire mill) and Ontario (Hamilton-East wire mill) are also operated under the ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada company.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size Iron ore source
Operating[2] 1914[3][4] 1900[5] ArcelorMittal Exploitation minere (northern Quebec)[6]

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 [100.0%] 5000030092 [100%] E100001000348 [5%] ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada GP[7] 5056839078 E100001000502

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[8][9] special quality bars, reinforcing bars, wire rod, spring blades, market quality bar, drawn wire[9] automotive; building and infrastructure[8] 2021[10] DRI, EAF[11] 2 Midrex DRI plants (Midrex 1 (0.4 MTPA, began in 1973), Midrex 2 (0.6 MTPA, began in 1977)); 3 EAF (#3 (141-tonne; began in 1978; relined in 1985; 1994; 2002); #4 (141-tonne; began in 1978; relined in 1985; 1994; 2003); 98-tonne EAF (began in 1990))[3][6][12][13]

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.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 2400 TTPA[13][13][13] 2400 TTPA[13][13][13]

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.
Capacity operating status* Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating 1650 TTPA[14][15] 1650 TTPA[14][15]

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

Year EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020 1600 TTPA[16] 1600 TTPA
2021 2000 TTPA[11] 2000 TTPA
2022 1700 TTPA[17] 1700 TTPA

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References

  1. Profile, ArcelorMittal, Retrieved on: Aug. 3, 2020
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20220112171859/https://long-canada.arcelormittal.com/en/our-locations/. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20180711210823/http://long-canada.arcelormittal.com:80/fr/histoire. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20220126012453/https://long-canada.arcelormittal.com/fr/un-chef-de-file-mondial/. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20180530011636/http://long-canada.arcelormittal.com:80/en/careers. Archived from the original on 30 May 2018. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220124201705/https://long-canada.arcelormittal.com/fr/production/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20211211142617/https://long-canada.arcelormittal.com/en/profile-0/. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220629152154/https://northamerica.arcelormittal.com/our-operations/arcelormittal-long-products-canada. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220120113922/https://long-canada.arcelormittal.com/fr/nos-produits/. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20231029215635/https://long-canada.arcelormittal.com/en/environment/. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 (PDF) https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/3z1ozw5h/arcelor-mittal-fact-book-2021.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20220320173526/https://www.midrex.com/about-midrex/midrex-plants/. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 "2022 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2022. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  14. 14.0 14.1 https://www.midrex.com/tech-article/midrex-direct-reduction-plants-2022-operations-summary/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. 15.0 15.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240223004232/https://www.midrex.com/company-news/midrex-plant-with-2q-anniversary-2/. Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220129220418/https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/kl3iewkk/fact-book-2020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20231029182836/https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/pfwpkrrw/arcelor-mittal-fact-book-2022.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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