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Vallourec Jeceaba

operating

BF–BOF Integrated route · Jeceaba, Central & South America, Brazil

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Vallourec Jeceaba operates a blast furnace that smelts iron ore into liquid hot metal. Steel is made in an electric arc furnace, which can be charged with hot metal alongside scrap. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 1.0 million tonnes per year.

Process Route

BFEAF

Timeline

Operating since 2011

Emissions

2025

0.51 Mt CO₂e

0.68 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

1,000

EAF

1,000

Blast Furnace

350

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Iron Units

BF
BF 1cancelled
500 ttpa350 m³Paul Wurthwiki
BF
BF 2operating
350 ttpa350 m³Paul Wurthwiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
1,000 ttpa200 tTenovawiki

Inputs & Energy

Iron ore Pau Branco mine, Serra da Moeda, Brumadinho, MG, Brazil

Steel Products

pipe

Ownership

Owner Vallourec Soluções Tubulares do Brasil SA

Parent Vallourec SA [100.0%]

Workforce 2,500 employees

Country Context

Brazil crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).

Facility emissions estimates from Climate TRACE. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.