ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark Steel Works
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ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark Steel Works is a 4500 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and direct reduced iron (DRI) steel plant operating in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, South Africa.
Location
The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, South Africa.
- Location: Delfos Boulevard, Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng Province, South Africa[1]
- Coordinates (WGS 84): -26.657367, 27.822310 (exact)
Background
The ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark Steel Works was built in 1943 by the Iscor Company to bolster the South African war efforts during World War II, and was converted to a fully integrated plant in 1947. [2]
In its decarbonization plan, ArcelorMittal South Africa announced that it plans to close its Blast Furnace C by 2030 and to continue operating its Blast Furnace D with new "green technology". The plant will also replace its BOF capacity with EAF.[3] ArcelorMittal SA is pursuing additional potential green steel projects: they are partnering with Sasol to develop green hydrogen for the plant and for export, and working on a carbon capture and utilization technology to convert emissions from the plant into usable chemicals. [4]
Workers went on a two week strike in 2022 over wages, ending in a signed deal between the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and ArcelorMittal.[5]
Low-emissions/green steelmaking
This steel plant is associated with a green steel project tracked in the Green Steel Tracker. Details about the project are included below.
- Company: ArcelorMittal
- Stated company climate target for 2030: 35% reduction in Europe (baseline 2018)
- Stated company climate target for 2050: carbon neutrality
- Project name: N/A
- Project website: https://www.sasol.com/media-centre/media-releases/sasol-arcelormittal-south-africa-partner-decarbonise-and-reindustrialise-vaal-saldanha-through
- Location: South Africa
- Coordinates: -26.6641, 27.81363 (approximate (site))
- Project scale: R&D partnership
- Technology category: Hydrogen production
- Specific technology: Hydrogen production (green hydrogen) + CCUS
- Hydrogen type: Green electrolytic
- Year online: Not stated
- Size (m USD): Not stated
- Steel production capacity (Mtpa): N/A
- Iron production capacity (Mtpa): N/A
- Hydrogen capacity generation (MW): Not stated
- Carbon capture capacity (Mtpa CO2): 1.5
- Partners: Sasol
- Date of announcement: 10/18/2022
All references for the above data are available in the Green Steel Tracker.
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size | Power source |
|---|---|---|---|
| operating[6] | 1947[7] | 4500[8] | 100 MW renewable energy project planned by AMSA.[9] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Owner | Owner company PermID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcelormittal South Africa Ltd [100%][10] | 4295888528 [100%] | Arcelormittal South Africa Ltd[11] | 4295888528 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished; finished rolled[11] | slabs, plate, hot-rolled, cold-rolled, coated, hot-dip galvanized, electro galvanized, pre-painted, tinplate[11] | yes[8] | blast furnace (BF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and direct reduced iron (DRI)[11] | coking plant; sinter plant; DRI plant (four rotary kilns); 3 BOF[11][12][13][14] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|
| 4500 TTPA[15][16] | 4500 TTPA |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Blast furnace capacity | Sponge iron/DRI capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| 3200 TTPA[17] | 950 TTPA[15] | 4150 TTPA |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Sinter | Coke |
|---|---|
| 2666 TTPA[15] | 1420 TTPA[15] |
Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Year | BOF Production | EAF Production | OHF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1400 TTPA[18] | – | – | 1400 TTPA |
| 2021 | 2000 TTPA[19] | – | – | 2000 TTPA |
Blast Furnace Details
Table 8: Blast Furnace Details:
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Stop date | Current capacity | Decarbonization technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | operating[20][21] | 1996[20][21] | 2030[17] | 1300 TTPA[17] | – |
| D | operating[21] | 1990[21] | – | 1900 TTPA[17] | ArcelorMittal plans to reline and continue using this furnace as a "green blast furnace" after 2030, using hydrogen injection, reduced coke rates, and potentially biomass energy to reduce carbon.[17] |
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 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) - ↑ "History". arcelormittalsa.com. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ↑ "ArcelorMittal South Africa Decarbonisation Roadmap" (PDF). ArcelorMittal. January 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Theresa Smith (2022-10-19). "Green hydrogen research to push the just energy transition -". ESI-Africa.com. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ↑ "S.African labour union ends ArcelorMittal strike after signing wage deal". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220111170640/https://www.arcelormittalsa.com/Whoweare/Operations/VanderbijlparkWorks/Overview.aspx. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 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) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319180604/https://southafrica.arcelormittal.com/Whoweare/Operations/VanderbijlparkWorks/Overview.aspx. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 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) - ↑ 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) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220111170640/https://www.arcelormittalsa.com/Whoweare/Operations/VanderbijlparkWorks/Overview.aspx. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220121144844/https://factbook2018.arcelormittal.com/~/media/Files/A/Arcelormittal-Factbook-2018/AM_FactBook_2018.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-21.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210713194807/https://www.arcelormittalsa.com/Portals/0/Process%20FLOW%20vdb_Page_1.png. Archived from the original on 2021-07-13.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220703200644/https://www.arcelormittalsa.com/Portals/0/Kiln%205%20and%206%20External%20Audit%20Report%20for%20AMSA%20Vanderbijlpark%20June%202019.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-03.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220922003449/https://storagearcelormittalprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/pevb5bum/arcelormittal_fb2014.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-09-22.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211216195356/https://prd-wret.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/atoms/files/myb3-2015-sf.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-16.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 (PDF) https://arcelormittalsa.com/Portals/0/ArcelorMittal%20South%20Africa%20Decarbonisation%20Roadmap%20(January%202023)%20(2).pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (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) - ↑ (PDF) https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/3z1ozw5h/arcelor-mittal-fact-book-2021.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 20.0 20.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220705092826/https://metalworkingnews.info/arcelormittal-restarts-blast-furnace-c-at-vanderbijlpark-works/. Archived from the original on 2022-07-05.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230328201952/https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/obsd1lud/annual-report-2022.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-28.
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