ArcelorMittal Newcastle Steel Works

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ArcelorMittal Newcastle Steel Works, also known as ArcelorMittal South Africa Long Steel Products, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Newcastle, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Newcastle, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa:

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

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase	Plant status	Announced date	Start date	Pre-retirement announcement date	Retired date	Workforce size
Main plant	Operating	–	1971	–	–	2237
Closure	Operating pre-retirement	–	–	2023-01	2034	–
Closure	Operating pre-retirement	–	–	2023-01	2034	–
Expansion	Announced	2021	2034	–	–	–

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase	State-owned entity status	Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Main plant	Partial	ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd [100%]	4295888528 [100%]	E100001000088 [8.2%]; E100001000348 [3.4%]	Arcelormittal South Africa Ltd	4295888528	E100001000504

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase	Steel product category	Steel products	ISO 14001	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
Main plant	semi-finished; finished rolled	rails, rounds, billets, flats, angles, channels, joints and special profiles, rounds, flats, angles, reinforcing bars, squares, straigtening and bundling, coiled wire rod	yes	BF, BOF	coking plant; sinter plant; 3 BOF
Closure	semi-finished; finished rolled	rails, rounds, billets, flats, angles, channels, joints and special profiles, rounds, flats, angles, reinforcing bars, squares, straigtening and bundling, coiled wire rod	yes	BF, BOF	coking plant; sinter plant; 3 BOF
Closure	semi-finished; finished rolled	rails, rounds, billets, flats, angles, channels, joints and special profiles, rounds, flats, angles, reinforcing bars, squares, straigtening and bundling, coiled wire rod	yes	BF, BOF	coking plant; sinter plant; 3 BOF
Expansion	semi-finished; finished rolled	rails, rounds, billets, flats, angles, channels, joints and special profiles, rounds, flats, angles, reinforcing bars, squares, straigtening and bundling, coiled wire rod	yes	EAF	1 EAF

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	–	–	–
Closure	operating pre-retirement	1900 TTPA	–	1900 TTPA
Closure	mothballed	–	–	–
Expansion	announced	–	1900 TTPA	1900 TTPA

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Blast furnace capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	–	–
Closure	operating pre-retirement	–	–
Closure	mothballed	2044 TTPA	2044 TTPA
Expansion	announced	–	–

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

Phase	Sinter	Coke
Main plant	2200 TTPA	945 TTPA
Closure	–	–
Closure	–	–
Expansion	–	–

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

Year	BOF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	700 TTPA	700 TTPA
2021	1000 TTPA	1000 TTPA
2022	900 TTPA	900 TTPA

Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Retired date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology	Most recent relining
N5	mothballed	unknown	unknown	1974	2034	Primetals Technologies (parts); Saint-Gobain (parts)	2017 m³	2044	unknown	2022-07

Articles and Resources

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Resources

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