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Gerdau Monroe steel plant

operating

Monroe, North America, United States

GEM wiki

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating since 1980

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

730

EAF

730

Production

Crude steel production: 548 ttpa (2024)

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
730 ttpa113 tPrimetalswiki

Steel Products

billet, beam, bar

Ownership

Owner Gerdau Ameristeel Corp

Parent Gerdau SA [98.2%]

Workforce 637 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.