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Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor steel plant

operating

Burns Harbor, North America, United States

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1964

Emissions

2025

6.79 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

5,001

BOF

5,001

Blast Furnace

4,960

Sinter

2,800

Coking

1,877

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Iron Units

BF
BF Coperating
2,480 ttpa2645 m³ · relined 2007wiki
BF
BF Doperating
2,480 ttpa2645 m³ · relined 2008wiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
1,667 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating
1,667 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (3)operating
1,667 ttpawiki

Steel Products

sheet, hot rolled, cold rolled, coated, slab

Ownership

Owner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc

Parent Cleveland-Cliffs Inc [100.0%]

Workforce 4,039 employees

Country Context

United States 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.