Count of Operating Iron & Steel Plants by Production Method in Each Region

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q
1	Count of Operating Iron & Steel Plants by Production Method in Each Region
2	Global Iron and Steel Tracker, September 2026 (V1)
3	Global Energy Monitor
4	This data is based on the Global Iron and Steel Tracker, updated March 2026 with limited quarterly updates performed in June and September 2026 (Download here)
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6	Region	Total operating plants	electric	electric, oxygen	oxygen	induction	ironmaking (BF)	ironmaking (DRI)	integrated (BF)	integrated (BF and DRI)	integrated (DRI)	integrated (unknown)	other/unspecified	steelmaking only	ironmaking only	integrated total	other/ unspecified total
7	Africa	30	13	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	12	0	0	14	1	15	0
8	Asia Pacific	582	200	0	0	11	23	7	284	46	10	0	1	211	30	340	1
9	Central & South America	37	11	0	0	0	1	5	14	1	5	0	0	11	6	20	0
10	Eurasia	30	16	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	2	0	0	16	1	13	0
11	Europe	141	109	0	1	0	0	0	16	14	1	0	0	110	0	31	0
12	Middle East	58	15	0	0	2	0	3	2	1	35	0	0	17	3	38	0
13	North America	92	72	0	1	0	0	3	8	3	5	0	0	73	3	16	0
14	World	970	436	0	2	14	25	19	337	66	70	0	1	452	44	473	1
15	World %		44.9%	0.0%	0.2%	1.4%	2.6%	2.0%	34.7%	6.8%	7.2%	0.0%	0.1%	46.6%	4.5%	48.8%	0.1%
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19	1) Total count excludes plants that are in development (announced/construction) or stopped (retired/mothballed/cancelled)
20	2) Integrated total includes all plants with both iron and crude steelmaking facilities, regardless of equipment type
21	3) Steelmaking only includes all plants with crude steelmaking facilities, but no ironmaking facilities on-site
22	4) Ironmaking only includes plants with ironmaking facilities, but no crude steel production on-site
23	5) Other/unspecified includes plants with unknown steelmaking production methods as well as less common production methods such as OHF
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25	Acronym Definitions:
26	BF: blast furnace
27	BOF: basic oxygen furnace
28	DRI: direct reduced iron
29	EAF: electric arc furnace
30	IF: induction furnace
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