U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson
operatingUnited States Steel Corp · BF–BOF Integrated route · Braddock, North America, United States
U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson makes steel by the integrated route: iron ore is smelted into liquid hot metal in a blast furnace, then refined into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 2.6 million tonnes per year. Its main products are slab.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1875
Emissions
2025
3.87 Mt CO₂e
1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
2,600
BOF
2,600
Blast Furnace
2,770
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Met coal Coke supplied from Mon Valley Works Clairton Plant
Steel Products
slab
Ownership
Owner United States Steel Corp
Parent Nippon Steel Corp [100.0%]
Workforce 650 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Braddock
North America
United States
40.3951°, -79.8596°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 2,600 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1875
- Products
- Semi-finished
- Certifications
- 1 recorded