Cleveland-Cliffs Lake Erie
operatingBF–BOF Integrated route · Nanticoke, North America, Canada
Cleveland-Cliffs Lake Erie makes steel by the integrated route: iron ore is smelted into liquid hot metal in a blast furnace, then refined into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 2.5 million tonnes per year. Its main products are cold rolled, tube, coated, hot rolled.
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Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1980
Emissions
2025
2.69 Mt CO₂e
1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
2,500
BOF
2,500
Blast Furnace
2,400
Coking
650
Production
Crude steel production: 1,924 ttpa (2024)
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power hydroelectric grid centred around Niagara Falls at the Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Power Stations; 64W cogeneration waste heat recovery plant on site
Steel Products
cold rolled, tube, coated, hot rolled
Ownership
Owner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Parent Cleveland-Cliffs Inc [100.0%]
Workforce 1,250 employees
Country Context
Canada crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Nanticoke
North America
Canada
42.8054°, -80.0953°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 2,500 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1980
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded