Gerdau São Paulo Araçariguama steel plant

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Gerdau São Paulo Araçariguama steel plant (Usina siderúrgica Gerdau São Paulo Araçariguama (Portuguese)), also known as Gerdau São Paulo, Gerdau Araçariguama, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Araçariguama, São Paulo, Brazil.

Location

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• Location: Rodovia Presidente Castelo Branco – Km 52, s/nº - Ronda - 18147-000 – Araçariguama – SP, Brazil
• Coordinates (WGS 84): -23.438640, -47.088250 (exact)

Background

Located on the western outskirts of São Paulo, the Araçariguama steel plant is among the largest and newest of Gerdau's 13 crude steel-producing facilities in Brazil. The melt shop, equipped with a state-of-the-art electric arc furnace (EAF), began operating in 2006, with an initial crude steel capacity of 900 ttpa (thousand tonnes per annum). The adjacent rolling mill, with an annual capacity of 600 ttpa, specializes in rebar for the construction and infrastructure sectors in São Paulo state, Brazil's largest steel market.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status	Start date	Workforce size
Operating	2006	400

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Gerdau SA [100.0%]	5000004542 [100%]	E100001010271 [33.5%]	Gerdau Acos Longos Sa	4297571558	E100001010277

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled	billets, rebar, coil rebar	building and infrastructure	2022	EAF	1 EAF (108-tonne, 2006)

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.

Capacity operating status*	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating	950 TTPA	950 TTPA

Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year	EAF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	688 TTPA	688 TTPA
2021	728 TTPA	728 TTPA
2022	678 TTPA	678 TTPA

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