Steelmaking at Rio Tinto Fer et Titane is based on the basic oxygen furnace, which converts liquid hot metal into crude steel by blowing oxygen through the melt. 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.
Process Route
BOF
Timeline
Operating since 1950
Emissions
2025
0.59 Mt CO₂e
1.45 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
600
BOF
600
Steel Units
BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
600 ttpawiki
Ownership
Owner Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium Canada Inc
Parent Rio Tinto PLC [100.0%]
Workforce 1,450 employees
Country Context
Canada crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Sorel-Tracy
North America
Canada
46.0444°, -73.1385°
At a Glance
- Route
- BOF
- Crude steel capacity
- 600 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1950
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded