Usiminas Ipatinga
operatingUsinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA · BF–BOF Integrated route · Ipatinga, Central & South America, Brazil
Usiminas Ipatinga 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 5.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are sheet, plate, coated, coil, slab.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1962
Emissions
2025
8.27 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
5,000
BOF
5,000
Blast Furnace
3,660
Sinter
6,300
Coking
800
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Iron ore Oeste, Central and Leste mines operated by Mineração Usiminas
Steel Products
sheet, plate, coated, coil, slab
Ownership
Owner Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA
Parent Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA [100.0%]
Workforce 6,500 employees
Country Context
Brazil crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Ipatinga
Central & South America
Brazil
-19.4913°, -42.5443°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 5,000 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1962
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded