NLMK Indiana 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 770 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are hot rolled.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1992
Emissions
2025
0.14 Mt CO₂e
0.26 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
770
EAF
770
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
hot rolled
Ownership
Owner NLMK Indiana LLC
Parent Novolipetsk Steel PJSC
Workforce 1,100 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Portage
North America
United States
41.6259°, -87.1600°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 770 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1992
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded