Steel Dynamics Columbus 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 3.4 million tonnes per year. Its main products are structural, rail.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 2007
Emissions
2025
0.53 Mt CO₂e
0.23 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
3,400
EAF
3,400
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
structural, rail
Ownership
Owner Steel Dynamics Inc
Parent Steel Dynamics Inc [100.0%]
Workforce 700 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Columbus
North America
United States
33.4476°, -88.5727°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 3,400 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2007
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded