ArcelorMittal Tubarão steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Tubarão steel plant (Usina Siderúrgica de Tubarão), also known as CST (Companhia Siderúrgica de Tubarão), is a steel plant in Tubarão, Serra, Espírito Santo, Brazil that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Avenida Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes, nº 526, Bairro Polo Industrial Tubarão, Serra, Espirito Santo, Brazil
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): -20.253447, -40.242298 (exact)

Background

The Tubarão steel company was originally founded in June 1976 as the state-owned Companhia Siderúrgica de Tubarão (CST).[1] CST began producing steel in November 1983, when the plant's first blast furnace was lit, and eventually expanded its steelmaking capacity to 7.5 million tons per annum with the addition of two more blast furnaces in 1998 and 2007.[2]

After being privatized in 1992, the Tubarão plant was purchased by Arcelor in 2004 and became a division of the newly established global steel group ArcelorMittal in 2006.[2][3]

ArcelorMittal Tubarão manufactures flat steel products - primarily hot-rolled plates and coils - for both domestic and international markets. Its facilities are spread out over ​​13.5 million m², with 7 million m² being dedicated to the steel plant itself. The company has its own steel products terminal at the port of Praia Mole, along with good rail and road connections to neighboring Brazilian states.[4]

The ArcelorMittal Tubarão plant reuses gases from its steel making process for the generation of electric energy; according to company reports, the plant has been energy self-sufficient since 1999, generating approximately 115% of its own energy requirements.[4][5]

In December 2019 ArcelorMittal Tubarão completed relining of its blast furnace #2, which was temporarily idled due to market conditions.[6]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Power source
1983[7][8] 5000[9] Generates approximate 115% of energy required for production from gases from production process[9]

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 Tubarão Comercial SA[9] 4295860088 E100001000507

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[10] galvanized, slab, coil, cold rolled[9] automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, tools and machinery, transport[9] 2024-03-16[11] unknown[12] 2022-01-21[13][14] 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 7500[9][15] 7500[9][15]

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 7280[16][15] 7280[16][15]

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

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
NF 6500[15] 3254[15] 0[17]

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

Year BOF production Total (all routes)
2019 6268[18] 6268[18]
2020 4973[19] 4973[19]
2021 7089[20] 7089[20]
2022 6641[21][22] 6641[21][22]
2023 6604[23][24] 6604[23][24]

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

Year BF production Total (all routes)
2019 6613[25] 6613[25]
2020 5142[25] 5142[25]
2021 7387[26] 7387[26]
2022 6867[27] 6867[27]
2023 6895[28] 6895[28]

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[19][10][16] 1983[29][30][16][31] IHI[15] 320.0[15][32] 3280[16][15] unknown 2012-07[33]
BF 2 operating[19][10][16] 1998[30][16][31] Mann GHH[15] 1374.0[15][32] 1200[16][15] unknown 2019-12[34]
BF 3 operating[19][10] 2007[30][16][31] VAI/PW/FS; Saint-Gobain (parts)[35][15] 3126.0[15] 2800[16][15] unknown –

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
BOF 1 operating[36] Italimpianti[15] 2500[9][15] 320.0 m3[15]
BOF 2 operating[37] Italimpianti[15] 2500[9][15] 320.0 m3[15]
BOF 3 operating[37] SMS Demag[15] 2500[9][15] 398.0 m3[15]

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References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Sumário - A ArcelorMittal Tubarão no Espírito Santo". ArcelorMittal. 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "The evolution of ArcelorMittal". ArcelorMittal. Retrieved 2020-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Unidade Tubarão | ArcelorMittal". ArcelorMittal Brasil. Retrieved 2022-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "Gestão de Energia e Mudanças Climáticas". ArcelorMittal Brasil. Retrieved 2020-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  7. ↑ "AçoBrasil - Uma viagem pela indústria do aço" (PDF). Instituto Aço Brasil. 2013-11-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-21.
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