CMC South Carolina
operatingCommercial Metals Co · EAF route · Cayce, North America, United States
GEM wikiCMC South Carolina 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 776 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are rebar, square, rounds, channel, angle, flat.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1992
Emissions
2025
0.043 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
776
EAF
776
Steel Units
Steel Products
rebar, square, rounds, channel, angle, flat
Ownership
Owner Commercial Metals Co
Parent Commercial Metals Co [100.0%]
Workforce 487 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Other Commercial Metals Co plants
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Location
Cayce
North America
United States
33.9623°, -81.0520°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 776 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1992
- Products
- Finished rolled