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CMC South Carolina steel plant

operating

Cayce, North America, United States

GEM wiki

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating since 1992

Emissions

2025

0.043 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

776

EAF

776

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
776 ttpa100 tBSEwiki

Steel Products

rebar, square, rounds, channel, angle, flat

Ownership

Owner Commercial Metals Co

Parent Commercial Metals Co [100.0%]

Workforce 487 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.