Gerdau São Paulo Araçariguama
operatingEAF route · Araçariguama, Central & South America, Brazil
Gerdau São Paulo Araçariguama 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 950 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, rebar.
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Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 2006
Emissions
2025
0.2 Mt CO₂e
0.27 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
950
EAF
950
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
billet, rebar
Ownership
Owner Gerdau Acos Longos SA
Parent Gerdau SA [99.8%]
Workforce 370 employees
Country Context
Brazil crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Araçariguama
Central & South America
Brazil
-23.4386°, -47.0883°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 950 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2006
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded