AM/NS Calvert LLC

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AM/NS Calvert LLC is a 1500 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant under construction in Calvert, Alabama, United States.

Location

The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Calvert, Alabama, United States.[1]

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  • Location: 1 AM/NS Way, Calvert, AL 36513, United States[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 31.148446, -87.990521 (exact)

Background

The AM/NS Calvert was originally constructed by the German technology conglomerate ThyssenKrupp and became operational in July 2010.[2][3] ThyssenKrupp sold its stainless steel division, Inoxum, including the stainless portion of the Calvert plant, to Finnish stainless steel company Outokumpu in 2012,[4] and the remaining portion of the plant, with a production capacity of 5.3 million metric tons that included a hot strip mill, cold roll mill and four coating lines to a 50/50 joint partnership of ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel in February 2014 for $1.5 billion. This was renamed to AM/NS Calvert.[5][6]

On 12 August 2020, AM/NS Calvert LLC announced its plans to construct an electric arc furnace (EAF) at the plant which was expected to be completed by second half of 2023. Nippon Steel Corporation and ArcelorMittal executed a definitive agreement to newly build an EAF at AM/NS Calvert, LLC on December 22, 2020.[7] The company broke ground initiating the construction on 18 February, 2021.[8] Due to construction delays and labor shortages, the completion date has been pushed back by a year to the second half of 2024. The project was originally set to cost US $775 million, which has now soared to US $1 billion.[9][10]

The financing for the project is sourced from a loan of US $465 million provided by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. The loan is co-financed with Mizuho Bank, Ltd., MUFG Bank, Ltd., and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, bringing the total co-financing amount to US $775 million.[11]

The expansion plan includes an option to further add another EAF with capacity of 1.5 mtpa at lower capital expenditure intensity.[12][13] On 31 December 2020, AM/NS Calvert LLC applied for air permit Mobile County, Alabama, which included permit for two new meltshops with 331 tonnes per hour EAFs each.[14]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Construction date Start date Workforce size
construction[15] 2022[16] 2023[15] 1604[1]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
ArcelorMittal SA [50%]; Nippon Steel Corp [50%][1] 5000030092 [50%]; 4295877313 [50%] AM/NS Calvert LLC[17] 5080030500

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
finished rolled[1] hot-rolled, hot-rolled pickled and oiled, cold-rolled sheet, advanced coated products[1] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[1] yes[18] electric arc furnace (EAF)[1] EAF[1]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
1500 TTPA[15] 1500 TTPA

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20220707082615/https://usa.arcelormittal.com/our-operations/joint-ventures/calvert. Archived from the original on 2022-07-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "ThyssenKrupp - Home". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  3. "Mobile County wins ThyssenKrupp plant". AL.com. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  4. "New owners of ThyssenKrupp stainless steel division plan visit in June". AL.com. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  5. "AM/NS Calvert". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  6. Finch II, Michael (26 February, 2014). "Sale of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA clears all regulatory approval". Al.com. Retrieved 04 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Execution of Definitive Agreement to Newly Build an Electric Arc Furnace at AM/NS Calvert". www.nipponsteel.com. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  8. "AM/NS Calvert kicks off construction on $775M steelmaking facility". Made in Alabama. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  9. "Latest developments in steelmaking capacities" (PDF). OECD. 2022. Retrieved 04 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "Mittal's Calvert EAF pushed back to 2H 2024". SEAISI. 28 July, 2023. Retrieved 04 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "Loan for Steel Product Manufacturing and Sales Business of NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION's US Joint Venture Subsidiary | JBIC Japan Bank for International Cooperation". www.jbic.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  12. "Fact Book 2022" (PDF). ArcelorMittal. 2022. Retrieved 05 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "Annual Report 2021" (PDF). Vernimmen. 2021. Retrieved 05 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "Prevention of Significant Deterioration Preliminary Determination" (PDF). Alabama Department of Environmental Management. 20 January, 2021. Retrieved 05 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 (PDF) https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2022.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. (PDF) https://www.aist.org/AIST/aist/AIST/Publications/Monthly/085_094_April-2022.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. https://web.archive.org/web/20221006053944/https://northamerica.arcelormittal.com/our-operations/am-ns-calvert. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210729014009/https://usa.arcelormittal.com/~/media/Files/A/Arcelormittal-USA-V2/our-operations/Fact%20sheets/2019_Calvert1pdf.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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