Cleveland-Cliffs Butler steel plant
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Cleveland-Cliffs Butler, also known as AK Steel Butler Works, is a 1000 TTPA electric steel plant in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] Cleveland-Cliffs Butler operates an electric arc furnace (EAF).
Location
The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.
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).[2] AK Steel merged with Cleveland-Cliffs in 2020 for $1.1 billion, at which point the Butler plant transferred to Cleveland-Cliffs.[3] 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.[4]
The electric arc furnace at Butler began operating in 2011 as part of a $180 million upgrade to the plant.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
In 2011, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined AK Steel $206,000 for worker safety violations at the Butler facility.[8]
In March 2022 a fire broke out at a finishing line at the plant. There were no injuries reported.[9] 2 months later in May 2022, 7 workers were exposed to hyrdoflouric acid while working at the plant.[10]
Plant Details
- Alternative plant names: AK Steel Butler Works
- Location: 1 Armco Dr, Lyndora, PA 16045-1065, United States[11]
- GPS Coordinates: 40.845524, -79.921452 (exact)
- Plant status: operating[11]
- Start year: 1908 (age 114–115)
- State-owned entity status: N/A[1]
- Parent company: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. [100%][1][12]
- Parent company PermID: 4295903753
- Owner: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.[11]
- Owner company PermID: 4295903753
- Production capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
- Crude steel: 1000 (EAF)[1]
- Production (thousand tonnes per annum):
- Crude steel: unknown
- Steel product category: semi-finished; finished rolled[1][11]
- Steel products: flat rolled electric steel, stainless steel, cold rolled, ferritic[1][11]
- Steel sector end users: energy[1]
- Workforce size: 1130[4]
- ISO 14001: Yes[4]
- ISO 50001: N/A[4]
- Main production equipment: EAF[11]
- Detailed production equipment: 1 electric arc furnace (EAF) (230-ton, began in 2010); 1 argon-oxygen decarburization (AOD) (175-tonne)[11][13]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Butler Works". ClevelandCliffs. 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ↑ "ARMCO Steel History". Butler History. 2017. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ↑ "Cleveland-Cliffs Completes Acquisition of AK Steel". Industry Week. 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Butler Works Fact Sheet" (PDF). Cleveland Cliffs. 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ↑ "AK Steel's Butler Works Melts First Heat In New Electric Arc Furnace". www.prnewswire.com. 2011-03-07. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ↑ "AK Steel to proceed with conversion of two more Butler Works pickle lines". WaterWorld. 2001-04-26. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "(AMM) AK fined $206,000 by OSHA for alleged Butler violations | Metal Bulletin.com". www.metalbulletin.com. 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ↑ Grubbs, Paula (2022-03-17). "Cliffs plant operating after fire". Butler Eagle. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ↑ Miller, Molly (2022-05-26). "7 exposed to gas at Cleveland-Cliffs". Butler Eagle. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Butler Works, Cleveland-Cliffs, Retrieved on: August 15, 2022
- ↑ 'I'm praying its for real': City of Ashland excited about news of Cliffs/AK Steel merger, WOWK-TV, Retrieved on: May 17, 2020
- ↑ 2022 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup, Association for Iron & Steel Technology, Jan. 2022
