ArcelorMittal Pecém
operatingBF–BOF Integrated route · São Gonçalo do Amarante, Central & South America, Brazil
ArcelorMittal Pecém 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 3.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are slab, plate.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 2016
Emissions
2025
4.10 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
3,046
BOF
3,046
Blast Furnace
3,192
Sinter
4,747
Coking
1,130
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power onsite 218MW gas-fired power plant
Steel Products
slab, plate
Ownership
Owner ArcelorMittal Brasil SA
Parent ArcelorMittal SA [97.1%]; small shareholder(s) [2.9%]
Workforce 2,500 employees
Country Context
Brazil crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
São Gonçalo do Amarante
Central & South America
Brazil
-3.5859°, -38.8589°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 3,046 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2016
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded