Gerdau Cartersville 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 908 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are angle, channel, flat.
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Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1996
Emissions
2025
0.05 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
908
EAF
908
Production
Crude steel production: 657 ttpa (2024)
Steel Units
Steel Products
angle, channel, flat
Ownership
Owner Gerdau Ameristeel Corp
Parent Gerdau SA [98.2%]
Workforce 764 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Cartersville
North America
United States
34.2412°, -84.7995°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 908 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1996
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded