BlueScope North Star 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 3.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are coil.
Process Route
EAF
Timeline
Operating since 1996
Emissions
2025
0.92 Mt CO₂e
0.44 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
3,034
EAF
3,034
Steel Units
Steel Products
coil
Ownership
Owner North Star BlueScope Steel Ltd
Parent BlueScope Steel Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 400 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Delta
North America
United States
41.5688°, -84.0481°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 3,034 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1996
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded