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.
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