Finkl Steel Chicago
operatingA. Finkl & Sons Corp · EAF route · Chicago, North America, United States
GEM wikiFinkl Steel Chicago 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 573 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are ingot, castings, bar, cold rolled, billet.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 2011
Emissions
2025
0.032 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
573
EAF
573
Steel Units
Steel Products
ingot, castings, bar, cold rolled, billet
Ownership
Owner A. Finkl & Sons Corp
Parent Swiss Steel Holding AG [100.0%]
Workforce 526 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
Learn the processes this plant uses
Nearby Plants
Other Swiss Steel Holding AG plants
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Location
Chicago
North America
United States
41.7249°, -87.5900°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 573 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2011
- Products
- Crude, semi-finished, finished rolled