ArcelorMittal Newcastle Steel Works

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ArcelorMittal Newcastle Steel Works, also known as ArcelorMittal South Africa Long Steel Products, is a 1900 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Newcastle, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa.

Location

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  • Location: Iscor Road, Newcastle, Kwazulu Natal Province, South Africa[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): -27.705376, 30.014063 (exact)

Background

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
operating[2] 1971[3] 2237[4]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Arcelormittal South Africa Ltd [100%][5] 4295888528 [100%] Arcelormittal South Africa Ltd[2] 4295888528

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[6] rails, rounds, billets, flats, angles, channels, joints and special profiles, rounds, flats, angles, reinforcing bars, squares, straigtening and bundling, coiled wire rod[6] yes[7] blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF)[6] coking plant; sinter plant; 1 BF; 3 BOF[8]

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

Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
1900 TTPA[2] 1900 TTPA

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

Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
2044 TTPA[8] 2044 TTPA[8]

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

Sinter Coke
2432 TTPA[8] 945 TTPA[8]

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

Year BOF Production EAF Production OHF Production Total (all routes)
2020 700 TTPA[9] 700 TTPA
2021 1000 TTPA[10] 1000 TTPA


Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details:

Unit name Status Start date Current size Current capacity
N5 operating[2] 1974[2] 2017 m³[8] 2044 TTPA[8]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20220121105654/https://arcelormittalsa.com/Contact.aspx. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220111170600/https://www.arcelormittalsa.com/Whoweare/Operations/LongSteelProducts/Overview.aspx. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20210704230122/https://arcelormittalsa.com/Whoweare/OurHistory.aspx. Archived from the original on 2021-07-04. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20221003044604/https://arcelormittalsa.com/Whoweare/Operations/LongSteelProducts/Overview.aspx. Archived from the original on 2022-10-03. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20220314043930/https://www.arcelormittalsa.com/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210713192935/https://www.arcelormittalsa.com/Portals/0/PS-0183-Rev-1.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-13. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20220111170600/https://www.arcelormittalsa.com/Whoweare/Operations/LongSteelProducts/Overview.aspx. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20170516200845/http://www.arcelormittalsa.com:80/Portals/0/Newcastle%20Works.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220129220418/https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/kl3iewkk/fact-book-2020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. (PDF) https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/3z1ozw5h/arcelor-mittal-fact-book-2021.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of steel power plants, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Steel Plant Tracker and Global Blast Furnace Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.