SMU monitors North American integrated steel mills and the status of their blast furnaces (BFs). BFs are used to produce pig iron, which is the first stage of the steelmaking process. In addition to their operation status, the table below includes information by plant name, furnace ID, daily furnace capacity, and comments about the furnace.
Blast Furnace Status: AHMSA (Mexico)
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Mill Name / Plant |
Furnace ID |
Daily Capacity (Net Tons) |
Running? |
Comments |
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AHMSA |
No. 4 |
2700 |
No |
Idled in late 2022/early 2023 |
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No. 5 |
6500 |
No |
Idled in late 2022/early 2023 |
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No. 6 |
4500 |
No |
Idled in January 2020 |
Blast Furnace Status: Algoma (Canada)
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Mill Name/ Plant |
Furnace ID |
Daily Capacity (Net Tons) |
Running? |
Comments |
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Algoma |
No. 7 |
8400 |
Yes |
Restarted Feb. 11, 2024, after 3-week unplanned outage. |
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No. 6 |
3000 |
No |
Idle. Will be decommissioned or demolished after new EAFs start up in 2024. |
Blast Furnace Status: ArcelorMittal Dofasco (Canada)
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Mill Name / Plant |
Furnace ID |
Daily Capacity (Net Tons) |
Running? |
Comments |
|
Hamilton, Ontario |
No. 2 |
3200 |
Yes |
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No. 3 |
2500 |
No |
No. Permanently idled in 2021. |
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No. 4 |
4700 |
Yes |
|
Blast Furnace Status: ArcelorMittal Mexico
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Mill Name / Plant |
Furnace ID |
Daily Capacity (Short Tons) |
Running? |
Comments |
|
Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan |
No. 1 |
~4,520 |
No. Forced to shut down May/June 2024 due to protests. |
Scheduled to restart mid-October 2024 |
Blast Furnace Status: Cleveland-Cliffs
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Mill Name / Plant |
Furnace ID |
Daily Capacity (Net Tons) |
Running? |
Comments |
|
Ashland |
Amanda |
6000 |
No |
Former AK Steel. Decommissioned in 2015. Since demolished. |
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Burns Harbor |
C Furnace |
7400 |
Yes |
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D Furnace |
7400 |
Yes |
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Cleveland |
C-5 |
4350 |
Yes |
Restarted in August '22 following extended outage for reline |
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C-6 |
4150 |
Yes |
Hot idled in October 2024 |
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Dearborn |
C Furnace |
6000 |
Yes |
|
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Indiana Harbor |
IH-3 W |
2500 |
No |
Permanently idled in 2019 |
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IH-4 W |
4900 |
Yes |
Cliffs said on April 22, 2022 that IH-4 had been indefinitely idled |
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IH-5 E |
2900 |
No |
Not operated since 2010. Decommissioned in 2015. Since demolished. |
|
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IH-6 E |
5000 |
No |
Not operated since 2010. Decommissioned in 2015. Since demolished. |
|
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IH-7 E |
11500 |
Yes |
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Middletown |
No. 3 |
6500 |
Yes |
|
Blast Furnace Status: Stelco (Canada)
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Mill Name / Plant |
Furnace ID |
Daily Capacity (Net Tons) |
Running? |
Comments |
|
Hamilton |
E Furnace |
5500 |
No |
Shut down October 2010 &removed from active status |
|
Lake Erie |
No. 1 |
6575 |
Yes |
|
Blast Furnace Status: U.S. Steel
|
Mill Name |
Furnace ID |
Daily Capacity (Net Tons) |
Running? |
Comments |
|
Edgar Thomson Plant (Mon Valley Works) |
No. 1 |
3200 |
Yes |
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No. 3 |
2900 |
Yes |
Restarted on Jan. 27, 2023 following H2'22 idling |
|
Fairfield Works |
No. 8 |
6000 |
No |
Permanently idled in Aug. 2015 and removed from active status |
|
Gary Works |
No. 4 |
3800 |
Yes |
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No. 6 |
3450 |
Yes |
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No. 8 |
3000 |
Yes |
Restarted on May 20, 2024, after 45-day planned outage |
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No. 14 |
7450 |
Yes |
|
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Granite City Works |
A Furnace |
3600 |
No |
A furnace indefinitely idled in April 2020 |
|
|
B Furnace |
3600 |
No |
B furnace indefinitely idled in Nov. 2023 |
|
Great Lakes Works |
A-1 |
4100 |
No |
Permanently idled June 2019 and April 2020 |
|
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B-2 |
3700 |
No |
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D-4 |
3650 |
No |
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Last reviewed: Dec. 10, 2024
