Steel plants in South Africa
5 plants · 8,027 ttpa combined crude steel capacity
South Africa has 5 steel plants tracked in the Global Iron and Steel Tracker, with a combined crude steel capacity of about 8.0 million tonnes per year. 2 of them make steel by the integrated route, smelting ore in a blast furnace and refining it in a basic oxygen furnace, while 1 melt scrap in electric arc furnaces. The largest is ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark, at about 3.4 million tonnes per year.
Process Routes
BF–BOF Integrated 2DRI–EAF 2EAF 1
Map
All Plants
ArcelorMittal VanderbijlparkVanderbijlpark · South Africa · BF–BOF Integrated3,360 ttpaArcelorMittal NewcastleNewcastle · South Africa · BF–BOF Integrated1,899 ttpaArcelorMittal SaldanhaSaldanha · South Africa · DRI–EAF1,318 ttpaAcerinox Columbus StainlessMiddelburg · South Africa · EAF850 ttpaScaw Metals Group GermistonGermiston · South Africa · DRI–EAF600 ttpa