Usiminas Cubatão
mothballedUsinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA · BF–BOF Integrated route · Cubatão, Central & South America, Brazil
Usiminas Cubatão 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 about 4.5 million tonnes per year. Its main products are coil, sheet, plate.
Process Route
Timeline
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
4,500
BOF
4,500
Blast Furnace
4,500
Sinter
3,000
Coking
833
Iron Units
Steel Units
Steel Products
coil, sheet, plate
Ownership
Owner Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA
Parent Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA [100.0%]
Workforce 1,200 employees
Country Context
Brazil crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Cubatão
Central & South America
Brazil
-23.8631°, -46.3763°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 4,500 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1963
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded