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Gerdau Fort Smith steel plant

operating

Fort Smith, North America, United States

GEM wiki

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating since 1984

Emissions

2025

0.072 Mt CO₂e

0.21 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

505

EAF

505

Production

Crude steel production: 376 ttpa (2024)

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
252 ttpa54 twiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)operating
253 ttpa54 tLectromeltwiki

Steel Products

billet, beam, bar

Ownership

Owner Gerdau Ameristeel Corp

Parent Gerdau SA [98.2%]

Workforce 437 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.