Big River Steel plant
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Big River Steel is an electric steel plant in Osceola, Arizona, United States.[1]
Location
The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Osceola, Arizona, United States.
Background
Big River Steel is a special "flex mill" that can produce flat products from an electric arc furnace (EAF).[2]
A June 2018 press release from Big River Steel (BRS) indicated that the capacity of BRS would double to 3300 thousand tonnes per annum by approximately June 2020.[3]
Plant Details
- Private/State ownership: private[4]
- Parent company: United States Steel Corporation 49.9%[4][5]
- Owner: Big River Steel[1]
- Alternative plant names: BRS
- Location: 2027 State Hwy 198, Osceola, Arizona 72370, United States[1]
- GPS Coordinates: 35.644264, -89.941659 (exact)
- Plant status: operating[1]
- Start year: 2014 (age 5–6)[1]
- Production capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
- Steel product category: flat[2]
- Steel products: electrical steel, hot-rolled, hot-rolled pickled and oiled, cold-rolled, cold-rolled motor lamination, galvanized[2]
- Steelmaking process: electric[6]
- Primary steel production equipment: 1 electric arc furnace (EAF) (2017)[6][7]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Overview, Big River Steel, Retrieved on: Aug. 17, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hot-Rolled, Big River Steel, Retrieved on: Aug. 17, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Big River Steel Expanding Arkansas Flex Mill™ $1.2 billion investment will double capacity of technology-based steel mill and recycling facility, Big River Steel, Jun. 2018, Retrieved on: Aug. 17, 2020
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Big River Steel closes deal with U.S. Steel, values Osceola mill at $2.3 billion, Wesley Brown, TB&P, Nov. 11, 2019, Retrieved on: Aug. 17, 2020
- ↑ United States Steel Corporation Completes Strategic Investment in Big River Steel, U.S. Steel Corporation, Oct. 31, 2019, Retrieved on: Aug. 17, 2020
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Tour, Big River Steel, Retrieved on: Aug. 17, 2020
- ↑ 2020 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup, Association for Iron & Steel Technology, Jan. 2020
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