Cleveland-Cliffs Steelton steel plant

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Cleveland-Cliffs Steelton steel plant, also known as ArcelorMittal Steelton steel plant (predecessor) and ArcelorMittal - Bethlehem Steel, is a 1000 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Steelton, Pennsylvania, United States.

Location

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  • Location: 215 S. Front St., Steelton, PA 17113, United States[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 40.230720, -76.838506 (exact)

Background

The Steelton steel plant was built by Pennsylvania Steel Company and began operating in 1866. It was bought by Bethlehem Steel in 1917;[2] in 2003, Bethlehem Steel was bought by ISG for $1.5 billion in 2003. In 2007, ArcelorMittal acquired ISG (and the plant) for $4.5 billion.[3][4] The facility was then bought in 2020 by Cleveland Cliffs (the current owner) in a $1.4 billion deal with ArcelorMittal.[5]



Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
operating[6] 1866[7] 450[6]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc [100%][8] 4295903753 [100%] Cleveland-Cliffs Inc[6] 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[6] railroad rails, specialty blooms, flat bars[6] transport[6] 2019[6] electric arc furnace (EAF)[6] 1 EAF (150-tonne, began in 1994)[6][9]

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

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
1000 TTPA[6] 1000 TTPA

Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):

Year BOF Production EAF Production OHF Production Total (all routes)
2020 100 TTPA[10] 100 TTPA
2021 673 TTPA[11] 673 TTPA

Articles and Resources

References

  1. (PDF) https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_769498aa70f43fbeb9eb596ab2537fe3/clevelandcliffs/db/1170/10207/fact_sheet/CLF_FactSheet_Steelton_072022.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "The Steel Mill – Steelton Mosaic 2001". Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  3. IHB (2020-12-16). "Legacy of Steel / Burns Harbor Steel Plant". IHB. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  4. "The Center for Land Use Interpretation". clui.org. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  5. "Violations Continued at Burns Harbor Steel Mill During Last Days of ArcelorMittal Ownership". Indiana Environmental Reporter. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 https://web.archive.org/web/20211129150202/https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/operations/steelmaking/steelton. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20190819200511/https://www.steelmuseum.org/pais300_exhibit_2017/steelton.cfm. Archived from the original on 2019-08-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 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)
  9. "2022 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2022. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  10. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220129220418/https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/kl3iewkk/fact-book-2020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. (PDF) https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_ec8d6dfae8d64afee055b64f5ad2abef/clevelandcliffs/db/1188/11225/file/CLF_2021_AnnualReport.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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