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ArcelorMittal Monlevade steel plant

operating

João Monlevade, Central & South America, Brazil

ISO 14001ResponsibleSteel
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1937

Emissions

2025

1.58 Mt CO₂e

1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,200

BOF

1,200

Blast Furnace

1,040

Sinter

1,827

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Iron Units

BF
BF Aoperating
1,040 ttpa1357 m³ · relined 2017wiki
BF
BF Bcancelled
1,200 ttpa1524 m³Paul Wurthwiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)cancelled
1,000 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
600 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating
600 ttpawiki

Steel Products

cord, wire rod

Ownership

Owner ArcelorMittal Brasil SA

Parent ArcelorMittal SA [97.1%]; small shareholder(s) [2.9%]

Workforce 975 employees

Country Context

Brazil crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).

Facility emissions estimates from Climate TRACE. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.