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Usiminas Cubatão steel plant

mothballed

Cubatão, Central & South America, Brazil

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating1963
Idled2016

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

4,500

BOF

4,500

Blast Furnace

4,500

Sinter

3,000

Coking

833

Iron Units

BF
BF 1mothballed
1,600 ttpa1820 m³ · relined 2001wiki
BF
BF 2mothballed
2,900 ttpa3365 m³ · relined 2001wiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)mothballed
1,500 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)mothballed
1,500 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (3)mothballed
1,500 ttpawiki

Steel Products

coil, sheet, plate

Ownership

Owner Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA

Parent Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA [100.0%]

Workforce 1,200 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).