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    SMU Basic Oxygen Furnace Status

    Basic Oxygen Furnace Status

    Steel Market Update monitors the North American integrated steel mills which use a Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) to produce steel from the pig iron produced by their blast furnace(s) and scrap. In addition to their operation status, the table below includes information on plant names, location by city and state, furnace capacity, the number of furnaces, the number of vessels, and if the mill has a vacuum degasser which allows the mill to produce IF or ultra low carbon steels.

    Last reviewed: Jan 16, 2023

    AHMSA

    Mill City State BOF Capacity (Net Tons) # BF # BOF Vessels Vacum. Degas. Running?
    Monclova Monclova Mexico 3,029,000 2 1 w 2 No No

    Algoma

    Mill City State BOF Capacity (Net Tons) # BF # BOF Vessels Vacum. Degas. Running?
    Algoma Sault Ste. Marie ONT, Canada 4,000,000 2 1 w 2 No No

    ArcelorMittal

    Mill City State BOF Capacity (Net Tons) # BF # BOF Vessels Vacum. Degas. Running?
    Dofasco Hamilton ONT, Canada 3,000,000 3 1 w 1 Yes-1 Yes

    Cleveland-Cliffs

    Mill City State BOF Capacity (Net Tons) # BF # BOF Vessels Vacum. Degas. Running?
    Burns Harbor Burns Harbor IN 5,200,000 2 1 w 3 Yes-1 Yes
    Cleveland Cleveland OH 4,590,000 2 2 w 4 Yes-1 Yes
    Dearborn Dearborn MI 2,900,000 1 1 w 2 Yes-1 Yes
    Indiana Harbor East Chicago IN 8,800,000 5 3 w 6 Yes-2 Yes
    Middletown Middletown OH 2,900,000 1 1 w 2 Yes-1 Yes
    Riverdale Riverdale IL 1,100,000 0 1 w 2 No Yes

    Stelco

    Mill City State BOF Capacity (Net Tons) # BF # BOF Vessels Vacum. Degas. Running?
    Lake Erie Works Nanticoke ONT, Canada 2,900,000 1 1 w 2 Yes-1 Yes

    U.S. Steel

    Mill City State BOF Capacity (Net Tons) # BF # BOF Vessels Vacum. Degas. Running?
    Edgar Thomson (Mon Valley) Braddock PA 2,900,000 2 1 w 2 Yes-1 Yes
    Gary Works Gary IN 8,200,000 4 2 w 6 Yes-2 Yes
    Granite City Granite City IL 2,900,000 2 1 w 2 No Yes
    Great Lakes Ecorse MI 3,500,000 3 1 w 2 Yes-1 No
    Hamilton Works Hamilton ONT, Canada 2,570,000 1 1 w 3 No No
    Total 58,489,000