Cleveland-Cliffs Toledo produces direct reduced iron by direct reduction — solid metallic iron made by reducing ore below its melting point — a feedstock for electric steelmaking. Its main products are hbi.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 2020
Capacity (ttpa)
DRI
1,900
Production
Ironproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker).
Iron Units
Inputs & Energy
Iron ore various owned or partially owned mines in Michigan and Minnesota and one in West Virginia (Hibbing Taconite, Minorca, Northshore, Tilden, and United Taconite mines) totalling 20,300 thousand metric tonnes of ore mined for Cleveland Cliffs in 2022
Steel Products
HBI
Ownership
Owner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Parent Cleveland-Cliffs Inc [100.0%]
Workforce 166 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Toledo
North America
United States
41.6728°, -83.4778°
At a Glance
- Route
- DRI–EAF
- Commissioned
- 2020
- Products
- Crude