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Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland steel plant

operating

Cleveland, North America, United States

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1913

Emissions

2025

6.36 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

4,100

BOF

4,100

Blast Furnace

2,810

Production

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

Iron Units

BF
BF 5operating
1,440 ttpa1546 m³ · relined 2022Defense Plant Corp.wiki
BF
BF 6operating
1,370 ttpa1598 m³ · relined 2013Defense Plant Corp.wiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
1,150 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating
1,150 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (3)operating
900 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (4)operating
900 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Met coal Coke supplied from Cleveland-Cliffs Warren, Ohio facility

Steel Products

slab, cold rolled, hot rolled

Ownership

Owner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc

Parent Cleveland-Cliffs Inc [100.0%]

Workforce 2,100 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.