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Leggett & Platt Sterling Steel plant

operating

Sterling, North America, United States

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating since 2003

Emissions

2025

0.17 Mt CO₂e

0.14 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

1,090

EAF

1,090

Production

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

Steel Units

EAF
EAF 8operating
1,090 ttpa331 tFuchswiki
EAF
unknown EAF (1)mothballed
608 ttpaLectromeltwiki

Steel Products

billet, rod

Ownership

Owner Sterling Steel Co LLC

Parent Leggett & Platt Inc [100.0%]

Workforce 260 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.