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Gerdau Guaíra Araucária steel plant

mothballed

Araucária, Central & South America, Brazil

GEM wiki

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating since 1982

Emissions

2025

0.23 Mt CO₂e

0.73 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t

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

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

420

EAF

420

Production

Crude steel production: 300 ttpa (2022)

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)mothballed
420 ttpa80 tLectromeltwiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)retired
120 ttpawiki

Steel Products

billet

Ownership

Owner Gerdau Acos Longos SA

Parent Gerdau SA [99.8%]

Workforce 300 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.