ArcelorMittal Piracicaba
operatingEAF route · Piracicaba, Central & South America, Brazil
ArcelorMittal Piracicaba is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. 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. Its main products are rod, wire rod, rebar.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1955
Emissions
2025
0.6 Mt CO₂e
0.72 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
1,100
EAF
1,100
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
rod, wire rod, rebar
Ownership
Owner ArcelorMittal Brasil SA
Parent ArcelorMittal SA [97.1%]; small shareholder(s) [2.9%]
Workforce 500 employees
Country Context
Brazil crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Other ArcelorMittal SA; small shareholder(s) plants
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Location
Piracicaba
Central & South America
Brazil
-22.6982°, -47.6571°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,100 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1955
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded