Cleveland-Cliffs Butler steel plant
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Cleveland-Cliffs Butler steel plant, also known as AK Steel Butler Works, is a steel plant in Lyndora, Pennsylvania, United States that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Lyndora, Pennsylvania, United States:
- Location: 1 Armco Dr, Lyndora, PA 16045-1065, United States
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 40.845524, -79.921452 (exact)
Background
Cleveland-Cliffs Butler began operating in 1908 under the Forged Steel Wheel Company. The plant has had many owners, including (chronologically) Columbia Steel (1920-1927), Armco (1927-1999), and AK Steel (1999-2020).[1] AK Steel merged with Cleveland-Cliffs in 2020 for $1.1 billion, at which point the Butler plant transferred to Cleveland-Cliffs.[2] The facility now produces semi-finished and finished rolled steel which is used in power and distribution transformers, as well as stainless and carbon converters.[3]
The electric arc furnace at Butler began operating in 2011 as part of a $180 million upgrade to the plant.[4]
Environmental Compliance & Worker Safety
The facility underwent major renovations in the early 2000s to reduce its water and air pollution, after AK Steel entered into an agreement with the EPA in 2001 to convert its facilities. AK Steel spent around $26 million on retrofits.[5]
In 2004, AK Steel agreed to a $1.2 million settlement with the EPA comprising of a $300,000 penalty and $900,000 in additional spending to reduce smog-producing ozone at their facilities, which included the Butler facility.[6]
In 2011, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined AK Steel $206,000 for worker safety violations at the Butler facility.[7]
In March 2022 a fire broke out at a finishing line at the plant. There were no injuries reported.[8] 2 months later in May 2022, 7 workers were exposed to hyrdoflouric acid while working at the plant.[9]
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1908[10] | 1300[11] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland-Cliffs Inc | 4295903753 | E100001000649 | Cleveland-Cliffs Inc[11] | 4295903753 | E100001000649 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished, finished rolled[11] | stainless, slab, flat[11] | energy[11] | 2021[12] | EAF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 908[11] | 908[11] |
Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF production | Other/unknown steel production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2020 | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2021 | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2022 | 725[13] | –[13] | 725[13] |
| 2023 | 820[14] | –[14] | 820[14] |
Unit Details
Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | operating[11] | 2010[15] | SMS Siemag EBT[15][15] | 908[11] | 161.0[15] |
Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
| Unit name | Scrap-based | % scrap | % DRI | % HBI | % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) | % basic/merchant pig iron | % granulated pig iron | % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | yes[15] | 100[15] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
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References
- ↑ "ARMCO Steel History". Butler History. 2017. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Cleveland-Cliffs Completes Acquisition of AK Steel". Industry Week. 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Butler Works Fact Sheet" (PDF). Cleveland Cliffs. 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "AK Steel's Butler Works Melts First Heat In New Electric Arc Furnace". www.prnewswire.com. 2011-03-07. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "AK Steel to proceed with conversion of two more Butler Works pickle lines". WaterWorld. 2001-04-26. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "AK Steel Settles Lawsuit Over Environmental Violations at Butler Mill - Steelmaker to Pay $300,000 Penalty and $900,000 in Pollution Reduction Projects to Settle Hazardous Waste, Air and Water Pollution Violations". archive.epa.gov. 2004-12-02. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "(AMM) AK fined $206,000 by OSHA for alleged Butler violations | Metal Bulletin.com". www.metalbulletin.com. 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Grubbs, Paula (2022-03-17). "Cliffs plant operating after fire". Butler Eagle. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Miller, Molly (2022-05-26). "7 exposed to gas at Cleveland-Cliffs". Butler Eagle. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220114125746/https://butlerhistory.com/murals/armco-steel/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20211129150200/https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/operations/steelmaking/butler-works. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 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) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240229041812/https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_3b13d73bc2bef8e3abc4d6196a66e857/clevelandcliffs/db/1188/11492/file/CLF_AnnualReport_2022_04032023.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-02-29.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 (PDF) https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/investors/sec-filings/all-sec-filings/content/0000764065-24-000038/0000764065-24-000038.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Vtt35CBVFAJFBDgan2a9_CW56EKOw6D/view?usp=drive_link.
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