EPA GHGRP · reporting year 2023 · Metals
Cleveland-Cliffs - top-third GHGRP parent
According to the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), an upper-third Scope 1 reporter: 28 facilities across 7 states (27.4M MT CO₂e in 2023).
- MT CO₂e (latest facility reports)
- 27.4M
- Reporting facilities
- 28
- States covered
- 7
- Overall rank
- #14
Data updated May 2026
According to the EPA GHGRP, Cleveland-Cliffs reported 27.4M MT CO₂e in 2023 across 28 facilities in 7 states (ranks in the top 1% of U.S. corporate GHG emitters (#14 of 2,289)) Emissions decreased 23% over the tracked period.
- Overall rank #14 of 2,289
- #1 in Metals
- -23.5% since 2011
Cleveland-Cliffs vs all U.S. GHGRP parent companies
Where this parent's reported Scope 1 CO₂e sits among every EPA GHGRP-reporting company
27,444,076 14th of 2289 higher than 2,275 of 2,289 companies
GHGRP parent companies, banded by reported CO₂e (MT)
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more companies. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program · 2023
How Cleveland-Cliffs spreads its footprint vs Metals peers
Facility count against total reported CO₂e for 20 Metals companies. A company can lead its sector from one concentrated site or from many smaller ones; the split below uses the median of this peer group (4 facilities, 0.84M MT).
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Metals peer footprint table: Cleveland-Cliffs, 28 facilities, 27.44M MT CO2e. US Steel, 13 facilities, 19.41M MT CO2e. Nucor, 24 facilities, 5.57M MT CO2e. Alcoa, 3 facilities, 5.16M MT CO2e. Suncoke Energy, 5 facilities, 3.27M MT CO2e. Steel Dynamics, 10 facilities, 2.54M MT CO2e. Century Aluminum, 3 facilities, 0.99M MT CO2e. Globe Specialty Metals, 4 facilities, 0.92M MT CO2e. Commercial Metals, 8 facilities, 0.86M MT CO2e. Gerdau USA, 9 facilities, 0.84M MT CO2e. Gramercy Holdings I, 1 facilities, 0.8M MT CO2e. Ssab US Holding, 2 facilities, 0.63M MT CO2e. Novelis, 6 facilities, 0.63M MT CO2e. Arconic, 4 facilities, 0.63M MT CO2e. Arcelormittal Holdings, 2 facilities, 0.62M MT CO2e. Am/ns Calvert, 1 facilities, 0.56M MT CO2e. Bluescope Steel Investments, 1 facilities, 0.44M MT CO2e. Pinnacle Mountain Holding Co III, 1 facilities, 0.38M MT CO2e. Proterial America, 2 facilities, 0.38M MT CO2e. Magnitude 7 Metals, 1 facilities, 0.38M MT CO2e.
EPA GHGRP inventory plate
Parent cleveland-cliffs · 2023 #14 · 27.4M MT
CO2E-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · FAC-FLEET · SPAN-MULTI · SECTOR-METALS · TREND-DOWN · BOOK-RICH
- CO2E-LARGE 27.4M MT
- TOP-DECILE #14/2289
- PHOTO-FINISH PPL · Power Plants
- FAC-FLEET 28 facilities
- SPAN-MULTI 7 states
- SECTOR-METALS Metals
- TREND-DOWN −24% since 2011
- BOOK-RICH 7/8 fields
Nearest CO₂e peer: PPL · Power Plants (±673K MT)
Upper-third parent rollup stamps: CO₂e band, corpus rank, peer, facility book, state span, sector, trend. Not an EPA grade.
2023 nearly all-CO₂ parent book
This parent's 2023 facility book is almost entirely CO₂ (99.7% of 27.4M MT CO₂e). CH₄ and N₂O together are only 0.3%, a CO₂-shaped GHGRP profile, not a methane story. Component shares sum this parent's facility CO₂ / CH₄ / N₂O rows for that year, not a corporate Scope 1-3 inventory.
- CO₂
- 99.7%
- 27.4M MT
- CH₄
- 0.2%
- 66K MT
- N₂O
- 0%
- 6K MT
CO₂e neighbourhood around Cleveland-Cliffs
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest reported parents by CO₂e, not a full GHGRP corpus board reprint.
Largest sites in a top-third parent book
Cleveland-Cliffs - top sites (MT CO₂e)
Cleveland-Cliffs's largest facilities by latest available reported CO₂e
Emissions decline across reporting years
Cleveland-Cliffs - declining annual GHG
EPA GHGRP 2011–2023 · million metric tons CO₂e
- Reported CO₂e in 2023
- 27.4M MT
- 13 annual EPA GHGRP reporting records
Cleveland-Cliffs annual reported GHG emissions, 2011–2023
Cleveland-Cliffs reported 27.4M MT CO₂e in 2023, compared with 35.9M MT in 2011 - a decline of 23.5% across the EPA GHGRP reporting record.
Wide facility book (28)
| Facility | Location | Emissions (MT CO2e) |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC Metals BURNS HARBOR, IN | BURNS HARBOR, IN | 7.6M |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC Metals EAST CHICAGO, IN | EAST CHICAGO, IN | 5.8M |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland Works LLC Metals CLEVELAND, OH | CLEVELAND, OH | 4.3M |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corporation - Middletown Works Metals MIDDLETOWN, OH | MIDDLETOWN, OH | 3.5M |
| TILDEN MINING COMPANY L C Metals ISHPEMING, MI | ISHPEMING, MI | 1.1M |
| CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL CORPORATION DEARBORN WORKS Metals DEARBORN, MI | DEARBORN, MI | 1.0M |
| IronUnits LLC Metals Toledo, OH | Toledo, OH | 803K |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC Metals East Chicago, IN | East Chicago, IN | 704K |
| UNITED TACONITE LLC - FAIRLANE PLANT Metals FORBES, MN | FORBES, MN | 398K |
| Hibbing Taconite Company Metals Hibbing, MN | Hibbing, MN | 286K |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corporation /BUTLER WORKS Metals BUTLER, PA | BUTLER, PA | 270K |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Minorca Mine Metals Virginia, MN | Virginia, MN | 238K |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Warren Metals WARREN, OH | WARREN, OH | 163K |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Monessen Coke LLC Metals MONESSEN, PA | MONESSEN, PA | 150K |
| CLEVELAND-CLIFFS PLATE LLC-COATESVILLE Metals COATESVILLE, PA | COATESVILLE, PA | 150K |
| CLEVELAND-CLIFFS RIVERDALE LLC Metals RIVERDALE, IL | RIVERDALE, IL | 148K |
| NORTHSHORE MINING CO - SILVER BAY Metals SILVER BAY, MN | SILVER BAY, MN | 142K |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corporation - Mansfield Works Metals MANSFIELD, OH | MANSFIELD, OH | 127K |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Steelton LLC Metals STEELTON, PA | STEELTON, PA | 125K |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Weirton LLC Metals WEIRTON, WV | WEIRTON, WV | 113K |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corporation Metals ROCKPORT, IN | ROCKPORT, IN | 112K |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Tek Inc. and Cleveland-Cliffs Kote Inc. Metals NEW CARLISLE, IN | NEW CARLISLE, IN | 99K |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Princeton Coal Other Princeton, WV | Princeton, WV | 45K |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corporation Metals COSHOCTON, OH | COSHOCTON, OH | 37K |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Columbus LLC Other Columbus, OH | Columbus, OH | 24K |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corporation - Zanesville Works Metals ZANESVILLE, OH | ZANESVILLE, OH | 19K |
| CLEVELAND-CLIFFS PLATE LLC/CONSHOHOCKEN PLT Metals CONSHOHOCKEN, PA | CONSHOHOCKEN, PA | 7K |
| MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON Metals FOLLANSBEE, WV | FOLLANSBEE, WV | 2K |
Where Cleveland-Cliffs's reported CO₂e sits by state
52.3% of this parent's latest facility CO₂e is in Indiana (5 sites) ; next is Ohio at 32.6% . Shares are GHGRP facility rollups for this parent, not state economy totals.
Cleveland-Cliffs reported facility CO₂e concentration by U.S. state
Cleveland-Cliffs's reported CO₂e by EPA sector
Top sector Metals is 99.7% of this parent's facility CO₂e (26 sites) ; Other follows at 0.3% . Sector labels are EPA GHGRP facility industry_sector values.
Cleveland-Cliffs reported facility CO₂e by EPA industry sector
Nationwide peers for a top-third GHGRP parent
Three EPA GHGRP peer sets for a top-third parent (27.4M MT): nearest totals, facility-book size, then per-facility intensity.
Similar reported CO₂e
Nearest parent totals (27.4M MT here).
Similar facility book
Nearest reporting-facility counts (28 here).
Similar per-facility CO₂e
Nearest average MT per facility (980K MT here).
Source: EPA GHGRP Data is based on facility self-reporting. Not environmental compliance advice
What to do with this
Using Cleveland-Cliffs's emissions profile
- Cleveland-Cliffs runs high-intensity per facility (980K MT CO₂e/site); see how it stacks up against the rest of the Metals sector on the Metals industry page.
- It ranks #14 of 2,289 reporting parents nationwide, compare it directly against specific peers on the compare tool.
- Not sure how to read a total-CO₂e figure or a per-facility intensity number, the how-to-read guide walks through what each field means and what it doesn't.
Related reading: How to read an emissions profile · Metals emitters · Methodology
Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP). Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.