Orion Pueblo 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 pipe, wire rod, rail, rebar.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1881
Emissions
2025
0.068 Mt CO₂e
0.09 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
1,100
EAF
1,100
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power Xcel Energy and solar panels
Steel Products
pipe, wire rod, rail, rebar
Ownership
Owner Orion Steel Group LLC
Parent Atlas Holdings LLC
Workforce 434 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Other Atlas Holdings LLC plants
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Location
Pueblo
North America
United States
38.2258°, -104.6079°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,100 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1881
- Products
- Finished rolled