Cleveland-Cliffs Ashland steel plant
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Ashland Works is a steel plant in Ashland, Kentucky, United States.[1]
Location
The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Ashland, Kentucky.
Plant Details
- Private/State ownership: private[2]
- Parent company: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. 68%, AK Steel 32%[2]
- Owner: AK Steel[3]
- Location: 170 Armco Rd, Ashland, KY 41101, United States[1]
- GPS Coordinates: 38.501779, -82.671020 (exact)
- Plant status: idled in 2015, closed in 2019[3][4]
- Start year: 1921 (age 101–102)[5]
- Production capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
- Crude steel: 2200 (BOF)[6]
- Steelmaking process: integrated (BF)[3]
- Primary steel production equipment: 1 blast furnace (BF); 2 basic oxygen furnaces (BOF) (began in 1963, idled)[3][5][6]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Google Maps, Google Maps, Retrieved on: May 17, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 'I'm praying its for real': City of Ashland excited about news of Cliffs/AK Steel merger, WOWK-TV, Retrieved on: May 17, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ashland Works (Closed), AK Steel, Retrieved on: May 17, 2020
- ↑ Cleveland-Cliffs, AK Steel merger could mean new life for idle Ashland plant, WSAZ NewsChannel 3, Retrieved on: May 17, 2020
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 AK Steel gives final notice to 260 employees at Ashland Works plant of plans to close Jan. 29, Northern Kentucky Tribune, Retrieved on: May 17, 2020
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 2020 AIST Basic Oxygen Furnace Roundup, Association for Iron & Steel Technology, Jan. 2020
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