Sinobras Marabá steel plant

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Sinobras Marabá steel plant (Usina Siderúrgica Sinobras Marabá) is a blast furnace (BF) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Marabá, Pará, Brazil.

Location

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• Location: Rodovia Gov. Augusto Montenegro, 6014, Distrito Industrial
• Coordinates (WGS 84): -5.414287, -49.081305 (exact)

Background

Sinobras entered Brazil's long steel industry in 2008, shortly after having acquired the assets of its predecessor Siderúrgica Marabá (Simara). Buildiing upon Simara's pair of pre-existing blast furnaces, the new Sinobras plant added a 312 ttpa melt shop and a 300 ttpa rolling mill. Crude steel production at the Sinobras plant rose steadily, from 181,000 tonnes in 2009 to 475,000 tonnes in 2023, while pig iron production (now handled exclusively by the larger of the original blast furnaces) plateaued out between 100 and 150 ttpa.

Expansion project

In May 2022, Sinobras announced that it would expand its steel making operations in Marabá, adding a new unit with an annual capacity of 500 ttpa. Engineering studies began in January 2023, with start up of the expansion project scheduled for late 2025. As of January 2024 the project's timeline had been pushed back, with construction now expected to begin in early 2026 and commercial operations to follow by mid-2027. Pig iron for Sinobras's new facility was to be produced at the neighboring Tecnored Marabá iron plant, a new project being developed simultaneously by Vale.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase	Plant status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Workforce size	Iron ore source
Main plant	Operating	–	–	2007	1500	Carajás mine
Expansion	Construction	2022-05	2023	2025	510	Carajás mine

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase	Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Main plant	WMA Participacoes SA [80.0%]; Aço Cearense Industrial Ltda [20.0%]	E100001012181 [80%]; E100001012182 [20%]	Sinobras (Siderurgica Norte Brasil S/A)	4298261315	E100001012180

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase	Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
Main plant	semi-finished; finished rolled	billet, rebar, trusses, annealed wire, mesh, column screen	building and infrastructure	BF, EAF	1 BF, EAF (# unknown)
Expansion	semi-finished	billet	building and infrastructure	–	–

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.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	450 TTPA	450 TTPA
Expansion	construction	–	500 TTPA

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.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Blast furnace capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	130 TTPA	130 TTPA
Expansion	construction	–	–

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

Phase	Sinter
Main plant	83 TTPA
Expansion	–

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

Year	EAF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	330 TTPA	330 TTPA
2021	367 TTPA	367 TTPA
2022	392 TTPA	392 TTPA

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

Year	BF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	123 TTPA	123 TTPA
2021	138 TTPA	138 TTPA
2022	150 TTPA	150 TTPA

Blast Furnace Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology	Most recent relining
unknown	operating	unknown	unknown	unknown	130	unknown	unknown

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Resources

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