Simec Cariacica
operatingGV do Brasil Industria e Comercio de Aço Ltda · EAF route · Cariacica, Central & South America, Brazil
Simec Cariacica 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 600 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are rebar, profile.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1942
Emissions
2025
0.12 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
600
EAF
600
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
rebar, profile
Ownership
Owner GV do Brasil Industria e Comercio de Aço Ltda
Parent Grupo Simec SAB de CV [100.0%]
Workforce 579 employees
Country Context
Brazil crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Cariacica
Central & South America
Brazil
-20.3429°, -40.3609°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 600 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1942
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded