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Gerdau Cartersville steel plant

operating

Cartersville, North America, United States

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating since 1996

Emissions

2025

0.05 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

908

EAF

908

Production

Crude steel production: 657 ttpa (2024)

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
908 ttpa104 tDemag, Rev. Superior Machinewiki

Steel Products

angle, channel, flat

Ownership

Owner Gerdau Ameristeel Corp

Parent Gerdau SA [98.2%]

Workforce 764 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.