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Republic Steel Lorain steel plant

mothballed

Lorain, North America, United States

GEM wiki

Process Route

BFEAF

Timeline

Operating1895
Idled2016
Retired2021

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

907

EAF

907

Blast Furnace

1,000

Iron Units

BF
unknown BF (1)mothballed
1,000 ttpawiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)mothballed
907 ttpa136 tSMS Concastwiki

Steel Products

ingot, rod, bar, coil, wire

Ownership

Owner Republic Steel Corp

Parent Grupo Simec SAB de CV

Workforce 60 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).