Electric Arc Furnace

Steel Market Update keeps track of the North American steel mills using electric-arc furnaces (EAFs) to produce steel out of scrap, pig iron, and DRI/HBI. Unlike blast furnaces, EAFs can be turned on and off. Also, they 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 that would 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, and the number of vessels.

Electric Arc Furnace Status Chart

Name City State Capacity (Net Tons) Product # of Vessels Running?
Cleveland-Cliffs Coatesville PA 880,000 plate mill 1 Yes
ArcelorMittal Dofasco Hamilton Canada 1,400,000 flat-rolled sheet 1 Yes
AM/NS Calvert (ArcelorMittal & Nippon Steel) Calvert AL 1,500,000 flat-rolled sheet - Under construction. Start up expected 2H 2024.
Big River Steel/U.S. Steel Osceola AR 3,300,000 flat-rolled sheet 2 Yes
NLMK Indiana Portage IN 800,000 flat-rolled sheet 1 Yes
Evraz Regina Steel Regina Canada 1,100,000 plate/HR** 2 Yes
JSW Steel USA Mingo Junction OH 1,500,000 flat-rolled sheet 1  Yes
North Star Bluescope Delta OH 3,300,000 flat-rolled sheet 3 Yes. 3rd EAF expected to reach full run-rate in early 2024.
Nucor Armorel AR 3,000,000 flat-rolled sheet 2 Yes
Huger SC 2,600,000 flat-rolled sheet 2 Yes
Trinity AL 2,400,000 flat-rolled sheet 2 Yes
Cofield NC 1,600,000 plate mill 1 Yes
Crawfordsville IN 2,400,000 flat-rolled sheet 2 Yes
Tuscaloosa AL 1,200,000 plate mill/HR 1 Yes
Nucor Steel Gallatin Ghent KY 1,600,000 flat-rolled sheet 2 Yes
SSAB Americas Axis AL 1,250,000 plate mill/HR 1 Yes
Muscatine IA 1,250,000 plate mill 1 Yes
Steel Dynamics Inc. Butler IN 3,000,000 flat-rolled sheet 2 One-week outage in early October
Columbus MS 3,400,000 flat-rolled sheet 2 Yes
Sinton TX 3,000,000 flat rolled sheet 2 Yes
Total of Above Mills 40,480,000 31
Total of Sheet Mills Only 33,200,000

** Evraz steel mostly used for pipe and tube manufacturing.
Last Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2024