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Nucor Steel Kankakee plant

operating

Bourbonnais, North America, United States

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating since 1961

Emissions

2025

0.059 Mt CO₂e

0.11 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

794

EAF

794

Production

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

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
794 ttpa73 tDanieliwiki

Steel Products

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Ownership

Owner Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc

Parent Nucor Corp [100.0%]

Workforce 350 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.