ArcelorMittal Saldanha Steel Works

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ArcelorMittal Saldanha Steel Works is a 1200 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF), direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF) idled steel plant in Saldanha, Western Cape, South Africa.

Location

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  • Location: Ystervarkensrug, Saldanha, South Africa[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): -32.979520, 18.023228 (exact)

Background

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Closed date Workforce size Power source
mothballed[2] 1998[3] 2020[4] 568[5] 3 year contract with Eskom signed in August 2022 for potential reopening of plant in 2023. Also, 100 MW renewable energy project planned by AMSA.[4][6]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Arcelormittal South Africa Ltd [100%][7] 4295888528 [100%] Arcelormittal South Africa Ltd[3] 4295888528

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[8] slab, hot rolled coil[8] yes[5] blast furnace (BF), direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF)[8] 2 Corex BF-DRI plants (2 C-2000 + Midrex DRI, 1.6 MTPA total, began in 1998 and 1999); EAF (# unknown)[3][9][8][10][11]

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

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
1200 TTPA[3] 1200 TTPA

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

Blast furnace capacity Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
760 TTPA[8] 800 TTPA[11] 1560 TTPA

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. https://web.archive.org/web/20220113194121/https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/companies/amsa-stands-by-decision-to-mothball-its-saldanha-works-49176702. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220111170715/https://www.arcelormittalsa.com/Whoweare/Operations/SaldanhaWorks/Overview.aspx. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221120115656/https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/amsas-plan-to-revive-saldanhas-steel-industry-set-to-create-600-jobs-c7dc0623-4300-40d9-9b78-55bf0e3a023c. Archived from the original on 2022-11-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319101215/https://southafrica.arcelormittal.com/Whoweare/Operations/SaldanhaWorks/Overview.aspx. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220528130617/https://solarquarter.com/2022/04/14/arcelormittal-south-africa-considers-two-re-projects-of-100-mw-for-gauteng-and-western-cape/. Archived from the original on 2022-05-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 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)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220119235741/https://www.arcelormittalsa.com/Portals/0/Saldanha%20process%20flow%20A4.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20220207220810/https://www.fastmarkets.com/events. Archived from the original on 2022-02-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220425141258/https://www.primetals.com/fileadmin/user_upload/content/01_portfolio/1_ironmaking/corex/COREX.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-04-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220122093145/https://www.midrex.com/about-midrex/midrex-plants/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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