Vallourec Jeceaba steel plant

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Vallourec Jeceaba steel plant (Usina siderúrgica de Jeceaba (Portuguese)), also known as VSB (Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil), is a blast furnace (BF) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Jeceaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Location

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  • Location: Distrito Industrial, S/N, 35.498-000 - Jeceaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): -20.582683, -43.971555 (exact)

Background

Vallourec Jeceaba steel plant, also commonly known as Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil (VSB), is a Brazilian steel company belonging to the joint venture formed by the French group Vallourec and the Japanese Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC).[1] The plant specializes in producing seamless steel pipes for the oil and gas industry.[2]

Located in the municipality of Jeceaba, 100 km from Belo Horizonte in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, the R$3.2 billion, 2.5 million m² steel complex was announced in 2007 and inaugurated on September 1, 2011 by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.[3][4]

The Jeceaba plant is equipped with a Tenova electric arc furnace[5] and has the capacity to produce 1 million tons of crude steel annually.[3] The plant's seamless pipe production capacity is listed at 600,000 tpa.[6]

In 2018, plant owner Vallourec moved its blast furnace operations from Belo Horizonte to Jeceaba, giving the Jeceaba plant the additional capacity to produce up to 300,000 tpa of pig iron.[7] Other facilities at the plant include a continuous caster, ladle furnace and seamless tube mill supplied by Germany's SMS Group GmbH.[8]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size Iron ore source
Operating[9] 2011[10][11][12] 2500[12][13][14] Pau Branco mine, Serra da Moeda, Brumadinho, MG, Brazil[15]
Operating[9] 2011[10][11][12] 2500[12][13][14] Pau Branco mine, Serra da Moeda, Brumadinho, MG, Brazil[15]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Vallourec SA [99.6%]; other [0.4%] 4295867374 [99.6%]; unknown [0.4%] E100000130697 [99.6%]; E100000001753 [0.4%] Vallourec Solucoes Tubulares do Brasil SA[11] 5001083353 E100000130951

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
finished rolled[11] seamless steel pipes[11] energy[11] yes[16] yes[16] BF, EAF[12][17][18] 1 pelletizing plant; 1 Tenova Consteel® EAF (1976)[12][19][20][21][22][23][18][24]
finished rolled[11] seamless steel pipes[11] energy[11] yes[16] yes[16] BF, EAF[12][17][18] 1 pelletizing plant; 1 Tenova Consteel® EAF (1976)[12][19][20][21][22][23][18][24]

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.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1000 TTPA[25][12][26] 1000 TTPA[25][12][26]
cancelled –[25][12][26] –[25][12][26]

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.
Capacity operating status* Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating 350 TTPA[27][28] 350 TTPA[27][28]
cancelled 500 TTPA[27][28] 500 TTPA[27][28]

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

Pellets
>0 TTPA[18]
>0 TTPA[18]

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

Year EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020 588 TTPA[29] 588 TTPA[29]
2021 710 TTPA[17] 710 TTPA[17]
2022 776 TTPA[30] 776 TTPA[30]

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

Year BF Production Total (all routes)
2020 343 TTPA[31] 343 TTPA[31]
2021 320 TTPA[32] 320 TTPA[32]
2022 291 TTPA[28] 291 TTPA[28]

Blast Furnace Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
1 cancelled[12][22][23][18][33] unknown unknown unknown Paul Wurth Paul Wurth Modern Blast Furnace Design[33][34][35] 350 m³[33] 500[27] unknown unknown
2 operating[36][19][20][21][22][23][18][33][37] unknown unknown 2014-07[12][19][20][21][22][23][18][33][37][33] Paul Wurth Paul Wurth Modern Blast Furnace Design[33][34][35] 350 m³[33] 350[28] unknown unknown

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References

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