Steel on the Map

Steel is necessary for the products that we use every day and makes a sustainable world possible.

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Steel is With You

Steel is an essential material for the clean-energy technologies we need including wind, solar, nuclear, hydrogen, carbon capture and electric vehicles. Of the major steel-producing countries, the U.S. has the lowest CO2 emissions per ton of steel produced.

American steel makes life’s little—and big—moments possible. Through it all, steel is with you.

When You’re Away

The use of steel remains essential to our nation’s infrastructure and vehicles and is with you when you travel. It plays a crucial role in the replacement and new construction of bridges, roadways, guardrails, utility structures and the electrical grid. When you are taking a road trip you are probably crossing an off-system bridge, most of which are known as short-span steel bridges.

Steel is the most environmentally effective choice and a key component for powering today’s vehicles. Vehicles using advanced high-strength steels provide a significant reduction in emissions.

Steel makes up about 54% of the average vehicle mass
There are 281,000 off-system bridges in the U.S.

When You’re Home

Steel is the most recycled material on the planet and steel products are continuously recyclable. Once produced, steel can be recycled into new steel products without any deterioration in product quality—a steel beam can become another steel beam, a refrigerator, car door or a roof panel. 

60 to 80 million tons of steel scrap are recycled per year.
70% of recycled steel scrap is produced using electricity.

Putting Steel on the Map

For information visit steel.org/sustainability and follow #SteelSustains on social media.