ArcelorMittal Newcastle
retiredBF–BOF Integrated route · Newcastle, Africa, South Africa
ArcelorMittal Newcastle makes steel by the integrated route: iron ore is smelted into liquid hot metal in a blast furnace, then refined into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 1.9 million tonnes per year. Its main products are wire rod, rail, rebar, square, channel, billet, rounds, flat, angle, profile.
Process Route
Timeline
Emissions
2025
1.90 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
1,899
BOF
1,899
Blast Furnace
2,044
Sinter
2,200
Coking
945
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Steel Products
wire rod, rail, rebar, square, channel, billet, rounds, flat, angle, profile
Ownership
Owner ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd
Parent ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 1,896 employees
State ownership Partial
Country Context
South Africa crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Newcastle
Africa
South Africa
-27.7054°, 30.0141°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,899 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1971
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded