BlueScope North Star Steel plant

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BlueScope North Star Steel plant is a 2183 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Delta, Ohio, United States.

Location

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  • Location: 6767 County Road 9, Delta, Ohio 43515, United States[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 41.568783, -84.048129 (exact)

Background

The North Star BlueScope Steel plant began operating in 1997 with the founding of its owner, North Star BlueScope. Around 2 million tonnes of hot rolled coil are produced annually in the facility. Originally owned partly by Cargill Inc. as well, in October 2015, BlueScope acquired the remaining 50 per cent of North Star BlueScope Steel from Cargill Inc. to move to full ownership of this business.[2]

Expansion

In August 2019, the company announced it would be financing a $700 million expansion to the facility, which would add 950 thousand metric tonnes of capacity to the plant.[3] In 2020, it halted expansion plans due to COVID-19 and announced it was lowering the expansion to 850 thousand tonnes instead, which pushed the completion date back.[4] Currently under construction, it is scheduled to be completed in 2022.[5]



Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
operating[6] 1996[7] 345[8]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
BlueScope Steel Ltd [100%][7] 4295858761 [100%] North Star BlueScope Steel LLC[9] 4297319386

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
finished rolled[7] hot-rolled steel coils[8] automotive; building and infrastructure; steel packaging; tools and machinery[10] 2020[11] electric arc furnace (EAF)[12] 1 EAF (began in 1996)[12]

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

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
2183 TTPA[13] 2183 TTPA

Articles and Resources

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