Leggett & Platt Sterling
operatingEAF route · Sterling, North America, United States
Leggett & Platt Sterling 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 1.1 million tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, rod.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 2003
Emissions
2025
0.17 Mt CO₂e
0.14 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
1,090
EAF
1,090
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
billet, rod
Ownership
Owner Sterling Steel Co LLC
Parent Leggett & Platt Inc [100.0%]
Workforce 260 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Sterling
North America
United States
41.7860°, -89.7109°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,090 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2003
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded