Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale
mothballedBOF route · Riverdale, North America, United States
Steelmaking at Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale is based on the basic oxygen furnace, which converts liquid hot metal into crude steel by blowing oxygen through the melt. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 1.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are hot rolled.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1917
Emissions
2025
0.63 Mt CO₂e
1.45 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
1,000
BOF
1,000
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
hot rolled
Ownership
Owner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Parent Cleveland-Cliffs Inc [100.0%]
Workforce 305 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Riverdale
North America
United States
41.6573°, -87.6257°
At a Glance
- Route
- BOF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,000 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1917
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded