SMU Electric-Arc Furnace Status
Electric-Arc Furnace Status
Steel Market Update keeps track of the North American steel mills using electric arc furnaces (EAF) to produce steel out of scrap, pig iron and DRI. Unlike blast furnaces, electric arc furnaces can be turned on and off and do not need to run at a steady state. For this reason, their operation status is usually listed as “running” unless we are aware of a major maintenance project which will take a furnace offline for an extended period of time. The table below includes information on plant names, location by city and state, furnace capacity, products produced, and the number of vessels.
EAF Status Table
| Name | City | State | Annual capacity (short tons) | Product | No. of vessels | Running? |
| AHMSA | Monclova | Coahuila, Mexico | 1,300,000 | sheet and plate | 1 | No. |
| Algoma | Sault Ste. Marie | Ontario, Canada | 3,700,000 | sheet and plate | 2 | Yes, one of two furnaces began production in July 2025. |
| ArcelorMittal Calvert | Calvert | Ala. | 1,650,000 | flat-rolled sheet | 1 | Yes, first heat produced June 2025. Adding a second EAF is under consideration. |
| ArcelorMittal Dofasco | Hamilton | Ontario, Canada | 1,400,000 | flat-rolled sheet | 1 | Yes |
| Hamilton | Ontario, Canada | 2,400,000 | flat-rolled sheet | 1 | No. Under construction, start-up expected 2026. | |
| ArcelorMittal Mexico | Lazaro Cardenas | Michoacan, Mexico | 1,000,000 | flat-rolled sheet | 4 | Yes |
| Cleveland-Cliffs | Butler | Pa. | 1,000,000 | Some carbon slabs but mostly flat-rolled stainless and electrical steels. | 1 | Yes |
| Coatesville | Pa. | 880,000 | plate | 1 | Yes | |
| Evraz North America | Regina | Saskatchewan, Canada | 1,100,000 | plate/HR** | 2 | Yes |
| JSW Steel USA | Mingo Junction | Ohio | 1,500,000 | flat-rolled sheet | 1 | Yes |
| NLMK Indiana | Portage | Ind. | 800,000 | flat-rolled sheet | 1 | Yes |
| North Star Bluescope | Delta | Ohio | 3,300,000 | flat-rolled sheet | 3 | Yes |
| Nucor | Armorel | Ark. | 3,000,000 | flat-rolled sheet | 2 | Yes |
| Brandenburg | Ky. | 1,200,000 | plate | 1 | Yes | |
| Cofield | N.C. | 1,600,000 | plate | 1 | Yes | |
| Crawfordsville | Ind. | 2,400,000 | flat-rolled sheet | 2 | Yes | |
| Ghent | Ky. | 3,000,000 | flat-rolled sheet | 2 | Yes | |
| Huger | S.C. | 2,600,000 | flat-rolled sheet | 2 | Yes | |
| Mason County | W.Va. | 3,000,000 | flat-rolled sheet | 1 | No. Commissioning expected in 2026. | |
| Trinity | Ala. | 2,400,000 | flat-rolled sheet | 2 | Yes | |
| Tuscaloosa | Ala. | 1,200,000 | plate mill/HR | 1 | Yes | |
| SSAB Americas | Axis | Ala. | 1,250,000 | plate mill/HR | 1 | Yes |
| Muscatine | Iowa | 1,250,000 | plate mill | 1 | Yes | |
| Steel Dynamics Inc. | Butler | Ind. | 3,000,000 | flat-rolled sheet | 2 | Yes |
| Columbus | Miss. | 3,400,000 | flat-rolled sheet | 2 | Yes | |
| Sinton | Texas | 3,000,000 | flat rolled sheet | 2 | Yes | |
| Ternium | Pesqueria | Nuevo León, Mexico | 2,860,000 | slab | 1 | No. Start-up expected H1'26. |
| U. S. Steel (Big River Steel) | Osceola | Ark. | 6,300,000 | flat-rolled sheet | 4 | Yes |
| Total of above mills | 61,490,000 | 46 | ||||
| Total of sheet mills only | 44,150,000 |
** Evraz steel mostly used for pipe and tube manufacturing.
LAST REVIEWED: JUNE 19, 2023