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Usiminas Ipatinga steel plant

operating

Ipatinga, Central & South America, Brazil

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1962

Emissions

2025

8.27 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

5,000

BOF

5,000

Blast Furnace

3,660

Sinter

6,300

Coking

800

Production

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

Iron Units

BF
BF 1mothballed
660 ttpa777 m³ · relined 2018wiki
BF
BF 2operating
660 ttpa777 m³ · relined 2021wiki
BF
BF 3operating
3,000 ttpa2722 m³ · relined 2023wiki

Steel Units

BOF
BOF 1operating
459 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF 2operating
459 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF 3operating
780 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF 4operating
1,651 ttpaDanieli Coruswiki
BOF
BOF 5operating
1,651 ttpaDanieli Coruswiki

Inputs & Energy

Iron ore Oeste, Central and Leste mines operated by Mineração Usiminas

Steel Products

sheet, plate, coated, coil, slab

Ownership

Owner Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA

Parent Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA [100.0%]

Workforce 6,500 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.