ArcelorMittal Dofasco
operatingEAF route · Hamilton, North America, Canada
ArcelorMittal Dofasco 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 1.4 million tonnes per year. Its main products are tinplate, galvanized, cold rolled, hot rolled, tube.
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Timeline
Operating since 1912
Emissions
2025
3.25 Mt CO₂e
1.29 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
1,350
EAF
1,350
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Steel Products
tinplate, galvanized, cold rolled, hot rolled, tube
Ownership
Owner ArcelorMittal Dofasco GP
Parent ArcelorMittal SA [100.0%]
Workforce 5,000 employees
Country Context
Canada crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Hamilton
North America
Canada
43.2693°, -79.8049°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,350 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1912
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded