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Liberty Steel & Wire Peoria plant

operating

Peoria, North America, United States

GEM wiki

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating since 1889

Emissions

2025

0.04 Mt CO₂e

0.08 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

726

EAF

726

Production

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

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
726 ttpa163 tAmerifab, Siemens VAIwiki

Steel Products

billet, wire rod, wire, mesh

Ownership

Owner Liberty Steel Group

Parent GFG Alliance Ltd

Workforce 800 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.