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Mesabi Metallics Nashwuak HBI

cancelled

DRI–EAF route · Nashwuak, North America, United States

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Mesabi Metallics Nashwuak HBI produces direct reduced iron by direct reduction — solid metallic iron made by reducing ore below its melting point — a feedstock for electric steelmaking. Its main products are pellets.

Process Route

DRI

Timeline

Announced2020
Operating2026

Capacity (ttpa)

DRI

2,000

Pelletising

7,000

Iron Units

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Steel Products

pellets

Ownership

Owner Mesabi Mining LLC

Parent Steel Dynamics Inc [88.0%]; unknown [12.0%]

Workforce 350 employees

Country Context

United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

Learn the processes this plant uses

Ironmaking

Direct Reduction (DRI / HBI)

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).