Republic Steel Canton 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 820 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are ingot, rod, bar, coil, wire.
Process Route
EAF
Timeline
Operating1886
Idled2023
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
820
EAF
820
Steel Units
EAF
unknown EAF (1)retired
Steel Products
ingot, rod, bar, coil, wire
Ownership
Owner Republic Steel Corp
Parent Grupo Simec SAB de CV
Workforce 500 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Canton
North America
United States
40.8041°, -81.3340°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 820 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1886
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled