Gerdau Divinópolis
operatingBF–BOF Integrated route · Divinópolis, Central & South America, Brazil
Gerdau Divinópolis 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 600 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are rebar, bar.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1953
Emissions
2025
0.83 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
600
BOF
600
Blast Furnace
430
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Steel Products
rebar, bar
Ownership
Owner Gerdau Acos Longos SA
Parent Gerdau SA [99.8%]
Workforce 920 employees
Country Context
Brazil crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Divinópolis
Central & South America
Brazil
-20.1539°, -44.8790°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 600 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1953
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded