Acerinox North American Stainless steel plant

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North American Stainless steel plant is an electric steel plant in Ghent, Kentucky, United States.

Location

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Plant Details

• Private/State ownership: private
• Parent company: Acerinox Group
• Owner: North American Stainless
• Alternative plant names: NAS
• Location: 6870 Highway 42 East, Ghent, Kentucky, 41045-9615, United States
• GPS Coordinates: 38.725418, -85.076015 (exact)
• Plant status: operating
• Start year: 1990 (age 30–31) (date of North American Stainless founding)
• Production capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
  • Crude steel: 1600 (EAF)
• Steel products: stainless
• Steelmaking process: electric
• Primary steel production equipment: 2 electric arc furnaces (EAF) (2002 and 2007)

Articles and resources

External resources

• North American Stainless website