Algoma is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 1.9 million tonnes per year. Its main products are cold rolled, sheet, plate, hot rolled.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1901
Emissions
2025
4.26 Mt CO₂e
1.27 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
1,850
EAF
1,850
Production
Ironproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker).
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power Ontario electricity grid; Lake Superior Power project upgrade with gas-fired turbines
Met coal Mines in Appalachia
Steel Products
cold rolled, sheet, plate, hot rolled
Ownership
Owner Algoma Steel Group Inc
Parent Algoma Steel Group Inc [100.0%]
Workforce 2,780 employees
Country Context
Canada crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Sault Ste. Marie
North America
Canada
46.5190°, -84.3741°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,850 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1901
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded