Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale steel plant

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Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale steel plant, also known as Riverdale Works, ArcelorMittal Riverdale steel plant (predecessor), Acme Steel (predecessor), is a steel plant in Riverdale, Illinois, United States that operates basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.

Location

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• Location: 13500 Perry Ave, Riverdale, IL 60827, United States
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 41.657321, -87.625702 (exact)

Background

The Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale steel plant began operating in 1917 and was operated by Acme Steel. In 2002, the International Steel Group, organized by WL Ross & Co. LLC, bought the bankrupt Acme Steel and re-opened it as ISG Riverdale Inc. It was later bought by ArcelorMittal. The ownership of the plant transferred to Cleveland-Cliffs when the acquisition of ArcelorMittal USA and all US ArcelorMittal plants by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. was completed on December 9, 2020 for $1.4 billion.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Workforce size
1917	305

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc	4295903753	E100001000649	Cleveland-Cliffs Inc	4295903753	E100001000649

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	Main production equipment
finished rolled	hot rolled	automotive, tools and machinery	2023	BOF

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

¹Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Capacity operating status1	Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating	1000	1000

Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

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Table 6: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year	BOF production	Total (all routes)
2019	700	700
2020	600	600
2021	673	673
2022	725	725
2023	649	649

Unit Details

Table 7: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size
unknown BOF (1)	operating	2006	500	57.0 m3
unknown BOF (2)	operating	2012	500	57.0 m3

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Resources

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