ArcelorMittal Tubarão
operatingBF–BOF Integrated route · Tubarão, Serra, Central & South America, Brazil
ArcelorMittal Tubarão 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 7.5 million tonnes per year. Its main products are galvanized, slab, coil, cold rolled.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1983
Emissions
2025
10.3 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
7,500
BOF
7,500
Blast Furnace
7,280
Sinter
6,500
Coking
3,254
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power Generates approximate 115% of energy required for production from gases from production process
Steel Products
galvanized, slab, coil, cold rolled
Ownership
Owner ArcelorMittal Tubarão Comercial SA
Parent ArcelorMittal Tubarão Comercial SA [100.0%]
Workforce 5,000 employees
Country Context
Brazil crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Tubarão, Serra
Central & South America
Brazil
-20.2534°, -40.2423°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 7,500 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1983
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded