Powering the Next Generation of American Steel
North American Iron is closing America’s pig iron supply gap with the nation’s first fully domestic merchant production.
- Pig iron is a raw form of iron made by extracting oxygen and impurities from iron ore.
- Merchant pig iron is the purest iron feedstock, vital for U.S. electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking, which now produces about 75% of American steel.
- Pig iron provides chemistry and consistency that scrap metal alone cannot achieve, allowing steelmakers to balance scrap variability and meet the standards required for advanced production.
What is Pig Iron?
High-quality steel powered by pig iron is the foundation of American security & strength
Roads to Rails
Homes to Skyscrapers
Trucks to Tractors
Manufacturing to Military
Submarines to Spaceships
Pipelines to Power
Building a sustainable future for American steel for generations
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Minot, North Dakota offers a strategic co-location for pig iron production
- Reliable power, infrastructure, and permitting support
- Favorable tax and regulatory policies
- Competitive utility costs
- Site to Site Rail connectivity between MN and ND, reducing transportation emissions, cost and time
- CO₂ sequestration capacity supporting North American Iron’s low-carbon production model.
- Funding from North Dakota’s Clean Sustainable Energy Authority.
- Aligned with State and National priorities for clean industry and strategic materials.
Reclamation to Resources
Calumet Reclamation Company and North American Iron are sister companies united by one purpose — to reclaim America’s legacy iron resources and rebuild a secure, domestic steel supply chain.
Calumet Reclamation Company reclaims and processes Minnesota’s historic iron stockpiles, transforming them into high-quality feedstock for North American Iron’s low-emission pig iron production in North Dakota.
