Gerdau Midlothian Steel Mill 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 about 1.5 million tonnes per year. Its main products are rebar, rounds, piling, channel, beam.
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Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1970
Emissions
2025
0.083 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
1,500
EAF
1,500
Production
Crude steel production: 1,057 ttpa (2024)
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power Solar farm with an installed capacity of 80MWdc installed 2022
Steel Products
rebar, rounds, piling, channel, beam
Ownership
Owner Gerdau Ameristeel Corp
Parent Gerdau SA [98.2%]
Workforce 1,228 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Midlothian
North America
United States
32.4575°, -97.0342°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,500 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1970
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled