ArcelorMittal Pecém steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Pecém steel plant (CSP - Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém), also known as CSP Pecém steel plant (predecessor), is a steel plant in São Gonçalo do Amarante, Ceará, Brazil that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.

Location

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• Location: Rod CE 155, Km 11.5, Pecém, São Gonçalo do Amarante, CE 62674-000, Brazil
• Coordinates (WGS 84): -3.585917, -38.858932 (exact)

Background

Originally founded as Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém, the CSP plant is Brazil's most modern integrated steel plant and the first in the country's Northeast region. Occupying a 571-hectare site at the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex (CIPP) in the Brazilian state of Ceará, it specializes in the production and export of high quality rolled steel products for the naval, oil & gas, automotive, and construction industries.

CSP was founded in 2008 as a joint venture between Brazilian mining and logistics company Vale (NYSE: VALE) and the South Korean companies Dongkuk Steel and Posco (NYSE: PKX). Steel production at the plant started in July 2016.

In March 2023, international steel giant ArcelorMittal purchased the CSP plant for approximately US $2.2 billion.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Workforce size	Power source
2016	2500	onsite 218MW gas-fired power plant

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
semi-finished, finished rolled	slab, plate	automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, transport	2023-10-25	unknown	unknown	BF; BOF

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	Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating	3000	3000

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	3192	3192

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

Ferronickel	Sinter	Coke	Pellets
NF	4747	1130	0

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

Year	BOF production	Total (all routes)
2019	2866	2866
2020	2743	2743
2021	2811	2811
2022	2794	2794
2023	3000	3000

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

Year	BF production	Total (all routes)
2019	2904	2904
2020	2779	2779
2021	2860	2860
2022	2781	2781
2023	2986	2986

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Construction date	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology
BF 1	operating	2022-07	2016	POSCO	3800.0	3192	unknown

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size
unknown BOF (1)	operating	1500	300.0 tonnes
unknown BOF (2)	operating	1500	300.0 tonnes

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Resources

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