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ArcelorMittal Juiz de Fora steel plant

operating

Juiz de Fora, Central & South America, Brazil

ISO 14001ResponsibleSteel
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFEAF

Timeline

Operating since 1984

Emissions

2025

0.21 Mt CO₂e

0.27 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

1,100

EAF

1,100

Blast Furnace

360

Production

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

Iron Units

BF
BF 1operating
180 ttpa250 m³ · relined 2020Saint-Gobain (parts)wiki
BF
BF 2operating
180 ttpa250 m³ · relined 2021Saint-Gobain (parts)wiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
1,100 ttpawiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)cancelled
200 ttpawiki

Steel Products

wire rod, rebar, bar

Ownership

Owner ArcelorMittal Brasil SA

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

Workforce 1,000 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.