Gerdau Divinópolis steel plant

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Gerdau Divinópolis steel plant (Usina siderúrgica Gerdau Divinópolis, Gerdau Aços Longos Divinópolis, Usina siderúrgica Pains (predecessor)) is a steel plant in Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil that operates basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and blast furnace (BF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Av. Gabriel Passos, 102 - Porto Velho 35500-450 – Divinópolis – MG, Brazil
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): -20.153931, -44.878995 (exact)

Background

Originally founded in 1953 under the name Siderúrgica Pains, the Divinópolis steel plant was acquired by Gerdau in 1994.[1] The plant specializes in producing rebar and other long steel products.[2] In 1997, Gerdau invested R$22 million to increase the plant's steelmaking capacity from 320,000 tonnes per annum to 500,000 tpa[3], and capacity has since increased to 600,000 tpa.[2] The Gerdau plant has three blast furnaces with inner volumes of 110, 192, and 125 cubic meters, a steelmaking plant equipped with an eOF (energy optimising furnace), a refining plant with a ladle furnace, a billet caster, and rolling facilities including a bar mill producing rebar, merchant bars, flat, square and round bars.[4] Work at the company's rolled steel line was suspended indefinitely in 2017, but the plant's blast furnaces and steelworks continue to operate.[2][5]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
1953[6] 920[7]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
Gerdau SA [99.8%] 5000004542 [99.8%] E100001010270 [99.8%] Gerdau Acos Longos SA [100%][8][9] 4297571558 E100001010277 [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[10] rebar, bar[11][10] building and infrastructure[11][10] 2022-08-23[12] unknown[13] unknown[14] BF; BOF

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 Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 600[15] 600[15]

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 430[16][15] 430[16][15]

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

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
NF 0[17] 0[17] NF

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

Year BOF production Total (all routes)
2019 440[8][10] 440[8][10]
2020 434[8][10] 434[8][10]
2021 460[18][19] 460[18][19]
2022 428[20][15] 428[20][15]
2023 425[21][17] 425[21][17]
2024 388 388

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

Year BF production Total (all routes)
2019 312[22][23] 312[22][23]
2020 335[22][10] 335[22][10]
2021 389[24][19] 389[24][19]
2022 367[25][15] 367[25][15]
2023 363[26][21] 363[26][21]
2024 383[27][28] 383[27][28]

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
BF 1 operating[29][30][10] 1957[31] 110.0 m3[29] 112[16][15] unknown 2022-06[32]
BF 2 operating[29][30][10] 2005[33][30] 192.0 m3[34][29] 190[16] unknown 2022-06[32]
BF 3 operating[29][30][10] –[35][6] 125.0 m3[29] 128[16][15] unknown 2022-06[32]

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown BOF (1) operating[36] 1986 600[15]

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References

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