Timóteo Site

Our mission is to provide cost-effective and durable steel and alloy solutions with the strength, versatility and endless recyclability needed to meet the challenges of sustainable development.

Activity and capacity

Aperam South America Division

  • Melt shop and finishing

Capacity*:

  • Slabs 900 kt
  • Stainless finished 350 kt
  • Electrical CR: Grain Oriented 60 kt / Non Grain Oriented 170 kt
  • Special Carbon Steels 200 kt

* Some lines are flexibly used for different products

Location

Aperam South America
Timóteo Site

Praça 1º de Maio, 09, Centro
35180-018 Timóteo, MG
Brazil
 
Plant Directors: Edimar Melo Cardoso and Humberto Marin
 

Our Certifications

Our Sustainability Scorecard

Social Performance2023 Group2023 Employees+ 2023 External= 2023 Site(5)2022 Site(5)
LTIFR(1)2.29(5)0.6500.310(5)
TRIR(2)5.95(5)2.391.381.862.35(5)
Severity rate(3)0.14(5)0.01000(5)
Number of employees(4)11,4972,505n/a2,5052,221
Of which:
– Blue-Collar Workers(4) (%)

66.2

66.7

n/a

66.7

75.2
– Women(4) (%)16.213.5n/a13.58.6
Environmental Performance2030 Group Objectives2023 Group 2023 Site2022 Site
GHG emissions(6)(7) (tCO2e/tcs):
– Scope 1+2
0.370.280.330.35
– Scope 3a (mainly Raw Materials)n/a1.971.71.62
Energy intensity in MWh/tcs(7)(8)1.92 i.e -11% vs. 20152.221.741.77
Recycled/Reused rate (%)>97% Reused/Recycled by 203093.191.8290
Water recycling rate (%)95.3(9)97.894.5994.2
Dust emissions in g/tcs(10)75.7 i.e -70% vs. 2015110.6235.01223.9
Landfill wasteZero landfill waste 100.7666.2410.02
Stakeholder Engagement2023 Group

2023 Foundation
(12)

2023 Site (13)

2022 Foundation
(12)

2022 Site (13)
Philanthropic Contributions in k€1,0811,2710624(11)16
Of which on:
– Education (%)
n/a21
n/a
38n/a
– Social Development (%)n/a3810038100
– Culture (%)n/a9n/a13n/a
– Environment (%)n/a32n/a10n/a

(1) Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate – Per 1 million hours worked.
(2) Total Recordable Injury Rate – Per 1 million hours worked.
(3) Per 1 thousand hours worked.
(4) In Full-Time Equivalent (FTE).
(5) Own employees + external (subcontractors, etc.) = total site, for H&S indicators.
(6) Greenhouse Gas Emissions (non biogenic), in particular Carbon Dioxide (CO2), incl. Oikós park carbon sequestration.
(7) Intensity by ton of (crude) steel processed.
(8) Electricity + Natural Gas + Liquefied Petroleum Gas.
(9) -40% water intake vs. 2015.
(10) Intensity expressed in grams by tons of (crude) steel processed
(11) For more information regarding the projects selected for 2021, visit: official notice for projects selection (including Aperam BioEnergia – Jequitinhonha Valley)
(12) Aperam Acesita Foundation, to the benefits of Timóteo and BioEnergia communities. Aperam companies contribute to around 35% of the revenue of the Foundation, with additional funding (private and publics) and services provision (eg. training) to private companies providing for the rest of its resources.
(13) Direct donations and sponsorships (i.e not channeled via the Foundation) benefit Hospitals (COVID crisis), Municipalities, Police stations, Firefighter stations, mainly, with some 70% of donations in relation to Timóteo (BioEnergia’s communities accounting for the rest).