Vale Tecnored Marabá iron plant
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Vale Tecnored Marabá iron plant (Usina Vale Tecnored Marabá) is a steel plant in Marabá, Pará, Brazil that operates ironmaking technology.
Location
The map below shows the approximate location of the plant in Marabá, Pará, Brazil:
- Location: Pátio Ferroviário de Marabá
- Coordinates (WGS 84): -5.408654, -49.103539 (approximate)
Background
In November 2021 the Brazilian mining company Vale announced that it had obtained a license to build a "green pig iron" plant at Marabá in northern Brazil.[1] The new facility was to incorporate Vale's innovative Tecnored technology, using corn biomass to replace metallurgical coal in the production process.[1][2]
Construction of the iron plant began in April 2022, with commercial operations expected to start up in 2025 or 2026.[2][3] The Tecnored plant's annual production capacity would initially be 250 thousand tonnes per annum (ttpa), with the potential to increase to 500 ttpa.[2][3] Pig iron from the plant would supply the nearby Sinobras Marabá steel plant, simultaneously under development by Siderúrgica Norte Brasil S.A.[3]
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Construction date | Start date | Workforce size | Power source | Iron ore source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04[4][5][6] | 2026[6] | 400[6] | unknown | Carajás mine[6] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| State-owned entity status | Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent GEM entity ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner GEM entity ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partial | Vale SA [100.0%] | 4295859761 [100.0%] | E100001000480 [100.0%] | Vale SA [100%][5][7] | 4295859761 | E100001000480 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel products | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| pig iron[4][5][8][6] | unknown | unknown | Iron other/unspecified |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Other/unspecified iron capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| construction | 500[9][6][10] | 500[9][6][10] |
Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Ferronickel | Sinter | Coke | Pellets |
|---|---|---|---|
| NF | NF | NF | NF |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vale obtains license to develop "green" pig iron project in Brazil". SteelOrbis. 2021-11-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Vale starts work on Tecnored's first commercial plant in Marabá (PA), which will contribute to the decarbonization of the steel industry". Vale. 2022-04-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Sinobras: More than double its rolling mill capacity - Part 2 (p 11)". Steel Times International July August 2024 • Issuu. 2024-07-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240111014254/https://www.brasilmineral.com.br/noticias/inicio-das-obras-da-primeira-planta-da-tecnored. Archived from the original on 2024-01-11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010117/https://www.miningmagazine.com/design-build/news/1429927/vale-breaks-ground-on-greener-steel-plant. Archived from the original on 2024-01-11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 "Vale starts work on Tecnored's first commercial plant in Marabá (PA), which will contribute to the decarbonization of the steel industry". Vale. 2022-05-04. Archived from the original on 2024-01-11.
- ↑ https://www.tecnored.com.br/en/tecnored/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240111032305/https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/vale-para-state-sign-contract-for-green-pig-iron-plant-1239789.htm. Archived from the original on 2024-01-11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/vale-obtains-license-to-develop-green-pig-iron-project-in-brazil-1224470.htm.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Sinobras: More than double its rolling mill capacity". Steel Times International July-August 2024 • Issuu. 2024-07-17. Archived from the original on 2025-03-12. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
