Gerdau Fort Smith 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 505 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, beam, bar.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1984
Emissions
2025
0.072 Mt CO₂e
0.21 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
505
EAF
505
Production
Crude steel production: 376 ttpa (2024)
Steel Units
Steel Products
billet, beam, bar
Ownership
Owner Gerdau Ameristeel Corp
Parent Gerdau SA [98.2%]
Workforce 437 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Fort Smith
North America
United States
35.3071°, -94.3729°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 505 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1984
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled