Facility Information:
Cleveland Cliffs Burns Harbor
250 West US Highway 12
Burns Harbor, Indiana 46304
Burns Harbor, Cleveland-Cliffs’ second-largest U.S. facility, is a fully integrated steelmaking facility located on Lake Michigan in Northwest Indiana, 50 miles southeast of Chicago. The location allows for prime access to the Port of Indiana, as well as excellent highway and railroad transport. The plant operates two blast furnaces and can produce nearly 5 million net tons of raw steel annually. Principal products made at this location are hot-rolled, cold-rolled and hot-dip galvanized products.
Additional documents pertaining to Cleveland Cliffs Burns Harbor are available online in the IDEM Virtual File Cabinet.
Latest Inspection Report (updated November 25, 2025):
Incidents:
Additional Resources:
- U.S. EPA website: Cleveland Cliffs LLC, Burns Harbor
- Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor Environmentally Beneficial Project (EBP) Reports
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