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U.S. Steel EAF

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United States Steel Corp · EAF route · North America, United States

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U.S. Steel EAF 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 3.0 million tonnes per year.

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating since 2029

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

3,000

EAF

3,000

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)announced
1,500 ttpawiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)announced
1,500 ttpawiki

Ownership

Owner United States Steel Corp

Parent Nippon Steel Corp [100.0%]

Country Context

United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

Learn the processes this plant uses

Steelmaking

Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Steelmaking

Secondary Metallurgy

Ladle Furnace (LF) — Secondary Metallurgy

Nearby Plants

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Electra

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Other Nippon Steel Corp plants

Nippon East Japan Works (Kimitsu)

Japan · 10,001 ttpa

Nippon Kyushu Works (Oita Area, Oita)

Japan · 9,999 ttpa

U.S. Steel Gary

United States · 7,800 ttpa

U.S. Steel Big River

United States · 6,022 ttpa

Nippon Nagoya

Japan · 6,000 ttpa

Nippon Setouchi Works (Kure Area)

Japan · 3,500 ttpa

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).