Global Iron and Steel Tracker

The Global Iron and Steel Tracker (GIST) provides information on global crude iron and steel production plants, and includes every plant currently operating with a capacity of five hundred thousand tonnes per year (ttpa) or more of crude iron or steel. The GIST also includes all plants meeting the five hundred ttpa threshold that have been proposed or under construction since 2017 or retired or mothballed since 2020. Plants consist of multiple units, depending on the iron and steel production method used. Iron and steel are typically produced through coal-based methods (blast furnace and basic oxygen furnace or open hearth furnace) or electricity-based production (electric arc furnace charged with scrap metal, pig iron, direct reduced iron, or a combination). The GIST map and underlying data are updated annually. Each plant included in the tracker is linked to a wiki page on GEM.wiki, which provides additional details.

The Global Iron and Steel Tracker (GIST) is the rebranded 2025 annual update of the Global Steel Plant Tracker and Global Blast Furnace Tracker datasets. This update provides plant and unit-level information on global crude iron and steel production plants. All subscribers to the Global Steel Plant Tracker and Global Blast Furnace Tracker have been automatically subscribed to GIST updates.

The most recent release of this data was in March 2025, with a limited quarterly update performed in June 2025.

To learn about the various components of each GEM tracker, read About GEM’s Trackers. To receive notifications from this project, please sign up for our mailing list. If you have questions about this project, please contact the Project Manager, Astrid Grigsby-Schulte.

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