CMC Arizona 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 890 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are rebar.
Process Route
EAF
Timeline
Operating since 2009
Emissions
2025
0.049 Mt CO₂e
0.08 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
890
EAF
890
Steel Units
Steel Products
rebar
Ownership
Owner Commercial Metals Co
Parent Commercial Metals Co [100.0%]
Workforce 558 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Mesa
North America
United States
33.2858°, -111.5866°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 890 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2009
- Products
- Finished rolled