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Ternium Brasil Santa Cruz steel plant

operating

Santa Cruz, Central & South America, Brazil

ISO 14001ISO 50001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 2010

Emissions

2025

8.26 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

5,200

BOF

5,200

Blast Furnace

5,300

Sinter

5,700

Coking

1,800

Production

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

Iron Units

BF
BF 1operating
2,650 ttpa3300 m³Paul Wurthwiki
BF
BF 2operating
2,650 ttpa3300 m³Paul Wurthwiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
2,600 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating
2,600 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power Onsite power plant generating all energy required for steelmaking using gases from production process

Steel Products

slab

Ownership

Owner Ternium Brasil Ltda

Parent Ternium SA [100.0%]

Workforce 8,000 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.