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ArcelorMittal Juiz de Fora

operating

BF–BOF Integrated route · Juiz de Fora, Central & South America, Brazil

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ArcelorMittal Juiz de Fora operates a blast furnace that smelts iron ore into liquid hot metal. Steel is made in an electric arc furnace, which can be charged with hot metal alongside scrap. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 1.1 million tonnes per year.

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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Nearby Plants

Other ArcelorMittal SA; small shareholder(s) plants

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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.