ArcelorMittal Juiz de Fora steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Juiz de Fora steel plant (Usina siderúrgica Mendes Júnior, Usina siderúrgica ArcelorMittal Juiz de Fora) is a steel plant in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) and blast furnace (BF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: BR-040, Km 769, Juiz de Fora, Mina Gerais, Brazil
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): -21.626963, -43.462361 (exact)

Background

Construction of the Mendes Júnior steel plant in Juiz de Fora began in 1980, with commercial operations starting in 1984. The plant was originally developed by the Brazilian engineering and construction company Grupo Mendes Júnior, and subsequently operated by the Belgian-Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Siderúrgica Belgo-Mineira under a lease agreement signed in 1995.[1] Between 2001 and 2006, the plant was incorporated into the multinational ArcelorMittal steel company.

The Juiz de Fora plant operates as part of ArcelorMittal Brasil's Aços Longos (long steel) division, together with the ArcelorMittal Monlevade steel plant and the ArcelorMittal Piracicaba steel plant.[2] The plant employs two blast furnaces for pig iron production[1], along with an electric arc furnace, using scrap metal and pig iron as the primary inputs.[3][4] It supplies bars and wire rods for civil construction, agribusiness, and other industrial clients.[5]

Expansion plans

In early 2016, ArcelorMittal reported that a 200 ttpa expansion of the Juiz de Fora melt shop was scheduled for completion in 2017, pending improvement in domestic demand.[6] However, the project was listed as "on hold" in subsequent news reports[7] and in ArcelorMittal's 2020 Fact Book[8], and the company's 2021 and 2022 Fact Books dropped all mention of the expansion[9][10], so the project has presumably been cancelled.

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
1984[11] 1000[12]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
ArcelorMittal SA [97.1%]; small shareholder(s) [2.9%] 5000030092 [97.1%]; not applicable [2.9%] E100000000687 [97.1%]; E100001015587 [2.9%] ArcelorMittal Brasil SA [100%][13][14][15] 4295859712 E100001000493 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
finished rolled[13] wire rod, rebar, bar[13][16] building and infrastructure, tools and machinery[17] 2023-08-30[18] unknown[19] 2025-01-20[20] BF; EAF

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
cancelled 200[21][13] 200[21][13]
operating 1100[22][23][24][25] 1100[22][23][24][25]

Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating 360[26][25] 360[26][25]

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
NF 0[27] 0[27] 0[27]

Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF production Total (all routes)
2019 835[28][29] 835[28][29]
2020 904[30][13] 904[30][13]
2021 992[31][32] 992[31][32]
2022 950[33] 950[33]
2023 950[23] 950[23]
2024 950[34] 950[34]

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF production Total (all routes)
2019 366[35] 366[35]
2020 352[35] 352[35]
2021 358[36] 358[36]
2022 369[37] 369[37]
2023 361[38] 361[38]
2024 355[39] 355[39]

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
BF 1 operating[40][23][41][42] 2007[26][43] Saint-Gobain (parts)[44][44] 250.0 m3[45] 180[25][26] unknown 2020-12[46]
BF 2 operating[40][23][41][42] 2007[26][43] Saint-Gobain (parts)[44][44] 250.0 m3[45] 180[25][26] unknown 2021-09[47]

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Retired date Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1) operating[13][42][40][23][41] 1984 – 1100[25][24][23][22]
unknown EAF (2) cancelled[21][13] – 2019 200[21][13]

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % DRI % HBI % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) % basic/merchant pig iron % granulated pig iron % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated) % other iron
unknown EAF (1) yes[25][48][49] >0[25][48][49] – – – – – >0[25][41] –
unknown EAF (2) None unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown

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References

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