# thyssenkrupp to build new coke-oven battery for ArcelorMittal in Brazil

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions won an EPC contract from ArcelorMittal to replace one coke battery at the Tubarão steel plant in Espírito Santo, Brazil, maintaining 600,000 tons per year of coke output. More than 700 jobs will be created at peak construction, which is expected to start in mid-2019.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-01-08
- Where: Tubarão, Espírito Santo, Brazil
- Jobs: 700
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 600,000 ton/yr of coke
- Products: coke oven battery, coke
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [ArcelorMittal](https://endata.com/companies/292.md) (customer)
- [thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions](https://endata.com/companies/2305.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [chemengonline.com](https://www.chemengonline.com/thyssenkrupp-to-supply-new-coke-oven-battery-to-arcelormittal-in-brazil/), 2019-01-08: "thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany) has recently won a contract from ArcelorMittal to supply a new coke battery for the Tubarão steel plant."

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