Eder Quental de Araújo
Technical Energy Manager · Gerdau Ouro Branco
Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Mechanical engineer with a master's degree in Energy Engineering and European Energy Manager (EUREM) certification, with more than 14 years of experience in steelmaking, mining and energy. He works on strategic energy-transition and decarbonization studies and writes this site to share what plant practice teaches.
- 14+
- years in steelmaking, mining and energy
- 20+
- technical papers at energy, mining, gases, materials and operations conferences
- 4×
- ABM Energy and Utilities Award (2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024)
Current role
Technical energy manager at Gerdau's integrated steel plant in Ouro Branco (formerly Açominas). He leads strategic studies on energy transition and decarbonization, plant energy management, and the coordination and structuring of energy-efficiency and CO₂-reduction projects. He is also responsible for operational efficiency and productivity improvement, management of technical teams and of energy-supply and service contracts, performance indicators, cost and investment analysis, and technical training.
Education
- MBA in Sustainable Energy Management — European Energy Manager (EUREM)UFRJ — Federal University of Rio de Janeiro · 2022–2023
- Master's in Energy Engineering, focus on Energy EfficiencyUFSJ — Federal University of São João del-Rei · 2012–2015
- Bachelor's in Mechanical EngineeringUFSJ — Federal University of São João del-Rei · 2007–2012
Areas of expertise
Technical community
Coordinates the Energy, Efficiency and Energy Transition Commission of ABM (Brazilian Association of Metallurgy, Materials and Mining). He received the ABM Energy and Utilities Award in 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024 for the best contribution presented at the 39th, 40th, 41st and 42nd Energy, Utilities and Energy Transition Seminar. He has more than 20 papers published at technical conferences.
Why this site
Much of the know-how on energy in steelmaking lives in internal handouts and in the experience of the people who run the plants. Energy in Steel brings it together as step-by-step explanations and open calculators, in several languages, for engineers, technicians and students.