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U.S. Steel Granite City Works

mothballed

Granite City, North America, United States

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1895

Emissions

2023

3.59 Mt CO₂e

1.81 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t

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

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

2,700

BOF

2,700

Blast Furnace

2,540

Production

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

Iron Units

BF
BF Amothballed
1,270 ttpa1435 m³ · relined 1995wiki
BF
BF Bmothballed
1,270 ttpa1402 m³ · relined 2007wiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)mothballed
1,350 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)mothballed
1,350 ttpawiki

Steel Products

sheet, coated

Ownership

Owner United States Steel Corp

Parent Nippon Steel Corp [100.0%]

Workforce 500 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.