Gerdau Cartersville steel plant
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Gerdau Cartersville steel plant is a steel plant in Cartersville, Georgia, United States that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Cartersville, Georgia, United States:
- Location: 384 Old Grassdale Rd NE, Cartersville, GA 30121, United States
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 34.241226, -84.799539 (exact)
Background
The Gerdau Cartersville steel plant was built in 1975 by Atlantic Steel. It was purchased by Birmingham Steel in 1996, and was then bought by Gerdau in 2002.[1] It produces semi-finished and finished rolled steel products for the building /infrastructure, steel packaging, and transport.[2] Unfortunately, not a lot of other information about this plant is publicly available.
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1996[3] | 764[4] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent GEM entity ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner GEM entity ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerdau SA [98.2%] | 5000004542 [98.2%] | E100001010270 [98.2%] | Gerdau Ameristeel Corp [100%][5] | 4295861819 | E100001010298 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished, finished rolled[5] | angle, channel, flat[5] | building and infrastructure, steel packaging, transport[5] | 2024-11-15[6] | 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[7][8] | 908[7][8] |
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 | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2023 | unknown | – | – |
| 2024 | 657[4] | –[4] | 657[4] |
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[9] | 1990[10] | Demag, Rev. Superior Machine[10] | 908[7][8] | 104.0[10] |
Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
| Unit name | Scrap-based | % scrap |
|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | yes[9] | 100.00[9][10] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ "Local Gerdau Mill Celebrates Steel Day | Cartersville - Bartow". Location of Choice. 2013-10-10. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Home GLN | Gerdau Website". www2.gerdau.com. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220119070018/https://locationofchoice.com/index.php/news/article/545. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1073404/000141057825000353/ggb-20241231x20f.htm.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125061725/https://www2.gerdau.com/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220210174258/http://www2.gerdau.com/products-and-resources/certifications. Archived from the original on 2022-02-10.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220121033116/https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2089811-arcelormittal-gerdau-idle-mills-update. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 (PDF) https://www.mohajersara.org/forum/attachment/3489_SteelPlant_NorthAmerica_AISI_version_June252013.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240916180255/https://www2.gerdau.com/sites/gln_gerdau/files/downloadable_files/epd_gerdau_cartersville_structural_steel.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-09-16.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 https://imis.aist.org/store/detail.aspx?id=PR-RU2024-2.
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