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Steel Dynamics Butler plant

operating

Butler, North America, United States

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

DRIEAF

Timeline

Operating since 1996

Emissions

2025

0.45 Mt CO₂e

0.23 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

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

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

3,000

EAF

3,000

DRI

260

Production

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

Iron Units

DRI
unknown DRI (1)operating
260 ttpasyngas (reformed methane)wiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
1,500 ttpa150 tFuchswiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)operating
1,500 ttpa150 tFuchswiki

Steel Products

sheet

Ownership

Owner Steel Dynamics Inc

Parent Steel Dynamics Inc [100.0%]

Workforce 3,150 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.