U.S. Steel Big River
operatingEAF route · Osceola, North America, United States
U.S. Steel Big River 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 6.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, electrical.
Process Route
Timeline
Emissions
2025
0.71 Mt CO₂e
0.17 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
6,022
EAF
6,022
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power "renewable and nuclear power"
Iron ore US Steel Mine Ore Facility
Steel Products
hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, electrical
Ownership
Owner Big River Steel LLC
Parent Nippon Steel Corp [100.0%]
Workforce 745 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Nearby Plants
Other Nippon Steel Corp plants
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Location
Osceola
North America
United States
35.6443°, -89.9417°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 6,022 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2016
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded