Gerdau Whitby 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 1.2 million tonnes per year. Its main products are angle, rebar, channel, flat, bar, beams, steel billets, piling.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1964
Emissions
2025
0.06 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
1,200
EAF
1,200
Steel Units
Steel Products
angle, rebar, channel, flat, bar, beams, steel billets, piling
Ownership
Owner Gerdau Ameristeel Corp
Parent Gerdau SA [98.2%]
Workforce 600 employees
Country Context
Canada crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Whitby
North America
Canada
43.8565°, -78.9090°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,200 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1964
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded