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Cleveland-Cliffs Lake Erie steel plant

operating

Nanticoke, North America, Canada

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1980

Emissions

2025

2.69 Mt CO₂e

1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

2,500

BOF

2,500

Blast Furnace

2,400

Coking

650

Production

Crude steel production: 1,924 ttpa (2024)

Iron Units

BF
BF 1operating
2,400 ttpa2418 m³ · relined 2020Stelco; Paul Wurth (parts); Saint-Gobain (parts); contributions from the USSR and the Netherlandswiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
1,250 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating
1,250 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power hydroelectric grid centred around Niagara Falls at the Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Power Stations; 64W cogeneration waste heat recovery plant on site

Steel Products

cold rolled, tube, coated, hot rolled

Ownership

Owner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc

Parent Cleveland-Cliffs Inc [100.0%]

Workforce 1,250 employees

Country Context

Canada crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).

Facility emissions estimates from Climate TRACE. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.