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U.S. Steel Fairfield plant

operating

Fairfield, North America, United States

GEM wiki

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating since 2020

Emissions

2025

0.19 Mt CO₂e

0.17 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

1,600

EAF

1,600

Production

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

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
1,600 ttpa165 tSMSwiki

Steel Products

pipe, tube, flat

Ownership

Owner United States Steel Corp

Parent Nippon Steel Corp [100.0%]

Workforce 750 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.