Ternium Brasil Santa Cruz steel plant
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Ternium Brasil Santa Cruz steel plant (Usina siderúrgica Ternium), also known as CSA - Companhia Siderúrgica do Atlântico Sul, ThyssenKrupp CSA (predecessor), is a steel plant in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
- Location: Av. João XXIII, s / n, Santa Cruz, 23560-352 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- Coordinates (WGS 84): -22.912549, -43.741614 (exact)
Background
The Ternium Brasil steel plant was originally a project of the Companhia Siderúrgica do Atlântico Sul (CSA), a joint venture between the German steel group ThyssenKrupp (73% ownership) and the Brazilian mining multinational Vale (27%), which was to supply iron for the plant from its Brazilian mines.[1]
Located in Rio de Janeiro's industrial district between the Santa Cruz Air Base and the Rio São Francisco, the plant was commissioned in 2010[2], with its first and second blast furnaces starting up in July and December, respectively.[3]
The CSA plant was plagued with problems from the beginning, including cost overruns, rising iron ore prices, falling steel prices, and volatile exchange rates. In addition, the plant's owners were cited for numerous environmental violations. By 2012, only two years after the CSA plant's inauguration, ThyssenKrupp announced plans to sell the plant.
In 2016, with steel prices still falling and Brazil in the midst of a deep recession, Vale sold its 27% stake in the plant to ThyssenKrupp while retaining its rights to sell iron ore to the plant.[4] A year later the Ternium group purchased the CSA steel complex for €1.5 billion, reportedly resulting in a loss of €8 billion for ThyssenKrupp.[5][6][7]
The plant, now operating under the name Ternium Brasil, has the capacity to produce 5 million tons of steel per year. It specializes in steel plates for customers in Brazil, Mexico, the United States and Europe, with a special focus on the shipbuilding, automotive, oil and gas, machinery, home appliances and energy industries. The 10 million m² industrial complex surrounding the plant comprises a private port on the Bay of Sepetiba, a railway branch line, and a 490 MW thermoelectric plant fueled with gases from the steelmaking process.[2][8]
Environmental Impact
The plant has been charged with a variety of environmental violations dating back more than a decade.[1]
In 2007, dredging operations associated with the plant's construction dislodged heavy metals from the Bay of Sepetiba, provoking protests from local fishermen. In the same year, Brazil's environmental agency Ibama fined ThyssenKrupp R$100,000 for illegal removal of 2 hectares of mangrove. News of these events created bad public relations for ThyssenKrupp in its home country of Germany.[7]
In 2012, the plant's operators were fined R $ 10.5 million by the State Secretariat for the Environment and the State Environmental Institute after residents of Sepetiba Bay were exposed to toxic particles due to the plant's noncompliance with mandatory regulations. The company was also forced to pay fines of R $ 1.8 million in August 2010 and 2.8 million reais in January 2011, and was required by the government to invest R $ 14 million in the construction of a health clinic, flood control measures, and compensation to local fishermen.[9]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size | Power source |
|---|---|---|
| 2010[10] | 8000[11][12] | Onsite power plant generating all energy required for steelmaking using gases from production process[13] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ternium SA | 4295856130 | E100001000384 | Ternium Brasil Ltda[12][14] | 5072816151 | E100000131066 |
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[12] | slab[12] | automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, tools and machinery, transport[12] | yes[15] | yes[15][16] | unknown[17] | BF; BOF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 5200[18][12][10][19][20][21] | 5200[18][12][10][19][20][21] |
Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 5300[22][23][12] | 5300[22][23][12] |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Ferronickel | Sinter | Coke | Pellets |
|---|---|---|---|
| NF | 5700[24] | 1800[24] | NF |
Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BOF production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4379[25] | 4379[25] |
| 2020 | 4138[26] | 4138[26] |
| 2021 | 4529[27] | 4529[27] |
| 2022 | 4424[28] | 4424[28] |
| 2023 | 4372[29] | 4372[29] |
Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BF production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4384[30] | 4384[30] |
| 2020 | 4210[31] | 4210[31] |
| 2021 | 4563[31][32] | 4563[31][32] |
| 2022 | 4580[31] | 4580[31] |
| 2023 | 4432[33] | 4432[33] |
Unit Details
Table 9: Blast Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current size | Current capacity (ttpa) | Decarbonization technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF 1 | operating[12] | 2010[34][35][36] | Paul Wurth Paul Wurth Modern Blast Furnace Design[37][38] | 3300.0[22] | 2650[22][23][12] | unknown |
| BF 2 | operating[12] | 2010[35] | Paul Wurth Paul Wurth Modern Blast Furnace Design[37][38] | 3300.0[22] | 2650[22][23][12] | unknown |
Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Current capacity (ttpa) |
|---|---|---|
| unknown BOF (1) | operating | 2600[18][12][19][21][10][20] |
| unknown BOF (2) | operating | 2600[18][12][19][21][10][20] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Companhia Siderúrgica do Atlântico – Impactos e Irregularidades na Zona Oeste do Rio de Janeiro" (PDF). PACS (Instituto Políticas Alternativas para o Cone Sul). November 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Inaugurada a Companhia Siderurgica do Atlantico em Santa Cruz". Diário do Rio de Janeiro. June 18, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "CSA inicia pré-operação de 2º alto-forno nesta sexta-feira". Terra. December 17, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Brazil's Vale to Sell Stake in CSA Steel Plant to ThyssenKrupp". Wall Street Journal. April 4, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Thyssenkrupp ends costly Americas venture with CSA sale to Ternium". Reuters. February 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Ternium compra CSA por 1,5 bilhão de euros". Diário do Aço. February 22, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Como a ThyssenKrupp fez no Brasil um dos piores negócios da indústria alemã". Terra. February 24, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Conheça a Ternium Brasil e a nossa produção de aço". Ternium. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Ternium Brasil, Wikipedia, Retrieved on: July 18, 2020
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- ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 "Conheça a Ternium Brasil e a nossa produção de aço". Ternium. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 (PDF) https://br.ternium.com/media/tt4hojxp/sustainability-report-2023.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "TERNIUM BRASIL LTDA Rio de Janeiro/RJ - ISO 50001:2011" (PDF). Bureau Veritas. 2017-12-31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-08-18.
- ↑ https://www.responsiblesteel.org/issued-certificates-and-ongoing-audits.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 "Ternium Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended 31 December, 2022" (PDF). US Securities & Exchange Commission. 2023-03-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-19.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 https://grandesconstrucoes.com.br/Materias/Exibir/csa-pode-entrar-em-operacao-em-julho.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 (PDF) https://s2.q4cdn.com/156255844/files/doc_financials/annual/2021/2021-Ternium-20-F.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 24.0 24.1 (PDF) https://s2.q4cdn.com/156255844/files/doc_financials/annual/2023/2023-Ternium-20-F.pdf.
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