Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown steel plant
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Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown steel plant, also known as Middletown Works and AK Steel Middletown, is a 3000 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Middletown, Ohio, United States.
Location
The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Middletown, Ohio, United States.
- Location: 1801 Crawford St., Middletown, OH 45043, United States[1]
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 39.488589, -84.386197 (exact)
Background
The Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown steel plant began operations in 1901 under the company AK Steel. The steel plant was acquired by Cleveland Cliffs in 2020 when the company bought AK Steel for $3 billion.[2]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| operating[3] | 1901[4] | 2215[3] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Owner | Owner company PermID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland-Cliffs Inc [100%][5] | 4295903753 [100%] | Cleveland-Cliffs Inc[3] | 4295903753 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished; finished rolled[3] | Hot-rolled and cold-rolled carbon steels, enameling steels, electrogalvanized ZINCGRIP ELECTROSMOOTH® steels, hot-dip galvanized ZINCGRIP® products, aluminized carbon and stainless steels[3] | automotive; building and infrastructure; tools and machinery; transport[3] | 2022[6] | blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF)[3] | coking plant (began in 1953, 76 ovens, 20.67m3); 2 BOF (began in 1969, rebuilt in 2017 and 2021)[7][3][8] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|
| 3000 TTPA[9][8] | 3000 TTPA |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|
| 2090 TTPA[10] | 2090 TTPA |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Coke |
|---|
| >0 TTPA[11] |
Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Year | BOF Production | EAF Production | OHF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3000 TTPA[12] | – | – | 3000 TTPA |
| 2021 | 2018 TTPA[13] | – | – | 2018 TTPA |
Table 8: Actual Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Year | BF Production | DRI Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1892 TTPA[14] | – | 1892 TTPA |
| 2021 | 1850 TTPA[7] | – | 1850 TTPA |
Blast Furnace Details
Table 9: Blast Furnace Details:
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Current size | Current capacity | Decarbonization technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | operating[3] | 1953[3] | 1493 m³[7][3][8] | 2090 TTPA[10] | In May 2023, Cleveland-Cliffs successfully completed the first-ever hydrogen injection trial in the Americas region at its this blast furnace[15] |
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210424220507/https://www.aksteel.com/sites/default/files/2019-02/middletown-works.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-04-24.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Fisher, Jacob (2020-12-22). "The future of Middletown Works: City leaders say early conversations show promising signs". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 https://web.archive.org/web/20211129154119/https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/operations/steelmaking/middletown-works. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220114123807/https://www.daytondailynews.com/business/union-president-ak-steel-to-change-its-name/7BNDKPDGABFDHGI7EX65NYSEWI/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211129150204/https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/investors. 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) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "2022 AIST North American Blast Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. March 2022.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "2022 AIST Basic Oxygen Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. April 2022.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_5da99434e761868c76bc6b5230a54db9/clevelandcliffs/db/1170/10199/fact_sheet/CLF_FactSheet_Middletown_042022.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220106061704/https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/metals/033021-cleveland-cliffs-completes-scheduled-ohio-blast-furnace-maintenance. Archived from the original on 2022-01-06.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220129213612/https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_3bdd359b62bd1ceda7299186db0c5b1b/clevelandcliffs/db/1188/10347/file/CLF_2020_AnnualReport.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-29.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_1d72f1292344e42e7297bb3990a7fb77/clevelandcliffs/db/1086/11410/pdf/CLF+Investor+Presentation+-+December+2022.pdf.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "2021 AIST North American Blast Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. March 2021.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ↑ https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/news/news-releases/detail/591/cleveland-cliffs-completes-successful-blast-furnace.
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Additional data
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