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Orion Pueblo steel plant

operating

Pueblo, North America, United States

GEM wiki

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating since 1881

Emissions

2025

0.068 Mt CO₂e

0.09 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t

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

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,100

EAF

1,100

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
1,100 ttpa127 tSiemens VAIwiki

Inputs & Energy

Power Xcel Energy and solar panels

Steel Products

pipe, wire rod, rail, rebar

Ownership

Owner Orion Steel Group LLC

Parent Atlas Holdings LLC

Workforce 434 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.