Gerdau Cosigua Santa Cruz steel plant
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Gerdau Cosigua Santa Cruz steel plant (Usina siderúrgica Gerdau Cosigua), also known as Gerdau Aços Longos, Companhia Siderúrgica da Guanabara (predecessor), is a steel plant in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
- Location: Av. João XXIII, 6777, Industrial District of Santa Cruz, 23560-900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Coordinates (WGS 84): -22.90242, -43.749319 (exact)
Background
At the beginning of the 1970's, the government-owned Companhia Siderúrgica da Guanabara (better known by its abbreviated name Cosigua) announced plans to build a steel plant on a piece of land near Sepetiba Bay, west of Rio de Janeiro. In 1971, Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau S.A. formed a joint venture with the German company Thyssen A.G., purchasing development rights to the project and immediately beginning construction of the plant. Phase 2 of the plant's construction was initiated in 1974, raising the plant's raw steel production capacity to 545,000 tons per annum. In 1979, Gerdau purchased Thyssen's share of the project and assumed full control of the Cosigua plant.[1][2]
The plant's raw steel production capacity is currently 1.2 million tons per annum.[3][4] The plant's facilities include a mini-mill equipped with a pair of Demag electric arc furnaces[5], a rolling mill, a drawing mill, and a nail and clamp factory. The plant manufactures products for use in the construction industry, including rebar, merchant bars, wire rod, drawn products and nails.[6]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1971[7][8] | 1500[9][10] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerdau SA | 5000004542 | E100001010270 | Gerdau Acos Longos SA[11] | 4297571558 | E100001010277 |
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[12] | wire rod, rebar, bar[12] | building and infrastructure[13] | 2022-04-27[14] | unknown[15] | unknown[16] | EAF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 936[17][18] | 936[17][18] |
Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 687[19][20] | 687[19][20] |
| 2020 | 678[19][20] | 678[19][20] |
| 2021 | 717[21][22] | 717[21][22] |
| 2022 | 668[11][23] | 668[11][23] |
| 2023 | 663[18][24] | 663[18][24] |
Unit Details
Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | operating[17] | 1980[17] | Demag[17] | 468[17][18] | 100.0[17] |
| unknown EAF (2) | operating[17] | 1982[17] | Demag[17] | 468[17][18] | 100.0[17] |
Table 7: 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[25] | 73.00[25] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 27.00[25] |
| unknown EAF (2) | yes[25] | 73.00[25] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 27.00[25] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ "Aço Brasil: uma viagem pela industria do aço" (PDF). instituto Aço Brasil. November 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Gerdau: Breve Descrição da Empresa" (PDF). P.U.C. - Rio. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Gerdau anuncia plano bilionário para dobrar Cosígua". Portos e Navios. February 3, 2011.
- ↑ "Novos Investimentos no Rio de Janeiro" (PDF). Gerdau. 2005.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "FORNOS ELÉTRICOS A ARCO NO BRASIL" (PDF). Universidade de São Paulo. 2009-09-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Form 20-F". US Securities & Exchange Commission. December 31, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Gerdau S.A.: História e Apresentação Institucional". Capital Brasileiro. 2021-06-19. Archived from the original on 2022-02-24.
- ↑ "AçoBrasil - Uma viagem pela indústria do aço" (PDF). Instituto Aço Brasil. 2013-11-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-21.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=987652365658231.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8vvS94htKg.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Pocket Yearbook - Indústria do Aço em Números 2023" (PDF). Instituto Aço Brasil. 2023-06-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-19.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Gerdau S.A. Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016". US Securities & Exchange Commission. 2017-03-14. Archived from the original on 2020-10-25.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220120115918/https://www.portosenavios.com.br/noticias/geral/gerdau-anuncia-plano-bilionario-para-dobrar-cosigua. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www2.gerdau.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/38002_16-Certificado-ISO-14001_01_01_25-Renovacao.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Documentos Oficiais e Certificados de Qualidade". Gerdau. Archived from the original on 2022-08-14.
- ↑ https://www.responsiblesteel.org/issued-certificates-and-ongoing-audits.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 17.00 17.01 17.02 17.03 17.04 17.05 17.06 17.07 17.08 17.09 17.10 17.11 "Apêndice A: Fornos a Arco" (PDF). Universidade de São Paulo. 2009-09-02. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-28.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 "Gerdau S.A. Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023". US Securities & Exchange Commission. 2024-03-28. Archived from the original on 2024-06-03. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 "Pocket Yearbook - A Siderurgia em Números 2021" (PDF). Instituto Aço Brasil. 2021-06-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-20.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1073404/000110465921053189/tm212083d1_20f.htm.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Pocket Yearbook - A Siderurgia em Números 2022" (PDF). Instituto Aço Brasil. 2022-06-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-25.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Gerdau S.A. Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021". US Securities & Exchange Commission. 2022-03-31. Archived from the original on 2022-10-04.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Gerdau S.A. Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022". US Securities & Exchange Commission. 2024-03-31. Archived from the original on 2024-09-12.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 (PDF) https://www.acobrasil.org.br/site/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Mini_anuario_2024_AcoBrasil.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 25.5 "Declaração Ambiental do Produto - Environmental Product Declaration" (PDF). Gerdau. 2019-06-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-09-05.
