Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland steel plant

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Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland steel plant, also known as Cleveland Works and ArcelorMittal Cleveland steel plant (predecessor), is a 4100 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

Location

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  • Location: 3060 Eggers Road, Cleveland, OH 44105, United States[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 41.464041, -81.676499 (exact)

Background

The Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland steel plant began operating in 1913 under the original name of Corrigan-McKinney Steel Co.[2] It was owned by LTV Corp, then bought by ArcelorMittal, then passed into the hands of Cleveland-Cliffs after ArcelorMittal was acquired by Cleveland-Cliffs in December 2020.[3]

Environmental Compliance

In 2008, advocacy group Ohio Citizen Action filed a complaint with the EPA about the blast furnace. The group claimed former owner LTV Corp. nearly doubled the blast furnace's capacity during the 1980s without installing proper environmental controls.[4]

In 2020, ArcelorMittal agreed to pay nearly $5 million to settle lawsuits which claimed that the company had violated the Clean Air Act at three separate facilities, including the Cleveland facility.[5]



Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size Coal source
operating[1] 1913[6] 1730[1] Coke supplied from Cleveland-Cliffs Warren, Ohio facility[7]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc [100%][8] 4295903753 [100%] Cleveland-Cliffs Inc[1] 4295903753

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[1] hot-rolled, cold-rolled, hot-dipped galvanized, semi-finished slabs[1] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[1] 2020[9] blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF)[1] coking plant; 4 BOF (2 BOF began in 1961, 2 BOF began in 1956)[10][1][11]

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

Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
4100 TTPA[10] 4100 TTPA

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
2810 TTPA[11] 2810 TTPA

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Coke
>0 TTPA[12]

Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):

Year BOF Production EAF Production OHF Production Total (all routes)
2020 2000 TTPA[13] 2000 TTPA
2021 2758 TTPA[14] 2758 TTPA

Table 8: Actual Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):

Year BF Production DRI Production Total (all routes)
2020 1447 TTPA[15] 1447 TTPA
2021 2211 TTPA[11] 2211 TTPA


Blast Furnace Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details:

Unit name Status Start date Current size Current capacity
5 operating[16] 1942[16] 1546 m³[10][1][11] 1440 TTPA[16]
6 operating[16] 1952[16] 1598 m³[10][1][11] 1370 TTPA[16]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 https://web.archive.org/web/20211129151220/https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/operations/steelmaking/cleveland. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Pledger, Marcia (2019-01-11). "Cleveland steel goes from prosperity to struggles to pride again: PD 175th (vintage photos)". Cleveland. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Completes Acquisition of ArcelorMittal USA, Cleveland-Cliffs, Dec. 9, 2020
  4. Mezger, Roger (2008-03-09). "EPA probes air quality near ArcelorMittal's Cleveland mill". Cleveland. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Shaffer, Cory (2020-04-02). "ArcelorMittal agrees to pay $5 million to settle claims it polluted air in Cleveland, Indiana". Cleveland. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. (PDF) https://www.cuyahogaheights.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Arcelor-Mittal-Steel-Cleveland.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220129213612/https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_3bdd359b62bd1ceda7299186db0c5b1b/clevelandcliffs/db/1188/10347/file/CLF_2020_AnnualReport.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20211129150204/https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/investors. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20220206003320/https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/sustainability/environment/certifications. Archived from the original on 2022-02-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "2022 AIST Basic Oxygen Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. April 2022. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 "2022 AIST North American Blast Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. March 2022. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  12. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211103044419/https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/4sjfifdj/factbook-2019.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-03. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220129220418/https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/kl3iewkk/fact-book-2020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. (PDF) https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_ec8d6dfae8d64afee055b64f5ad2abef/clevelandcliffs/db/1188/11225/file/CLF_2021_AnnualReport.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. "2021 AIST North American Blast Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. March 2021. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/latest-news/metals/012221-cliffs-to-restart-cleveland-area-blast-furnace-stresses-value-over-volume-company. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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