Gerdau Midlothian Steel Mill
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Gerdau Midlothian Steel Mill, also known as Gerdau Chaparral Steel, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Midlothian, Texas, United States.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Midlothian, Texas, United States:
- Location: 300 Ward Road, 76065 Midlothian, Texas, United States
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 32.457544, -97.034246 (exact)
Background
The Gerdau Midlothian Steel Mill began operating in 1975 as a joint partnership between TXI and Canada's Co-Steel International Ltd.[1] Later the mill was acquired by Gerdau Long Steel North America.
In 2021, Gerdau began the construction of a solar panel field next to the Gerdau Midlothian facility, which will comprise more than 231,000 solar panels that will power the steel mill. The project is expected to be completed in 2023.[2] After completion, it will have the potential to offset the emissions of more than 13,000 average Texas households.[3]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size | Power source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating[4] | 1970[5] | 1015[5] | Solar farm with an
installed capacity of 80MWdc installed 2022[6] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerdau SA [77.4%] | 5000004542 [77.4%] | E100001010271 [25.9%] | Gerdau Long Steel North America[7][8] | 5047422048 | E100001010298 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished; finished rolled[4] | bantam beams; channels; H piling; MC channels; rail ties; rebar; rounds; S beams; sheet pile; wide flange beams[4] | building and infrastructure; steel packaging; transport[4] | EAF[9] | 2 EAF (began in 1975 and 1981)[10] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 1500 TTPA[11][10][11][10] | 1500 TTPA[11][10][11][10] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
To access additional data, including an interactive map of steel power plants, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Steel Plant Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.
References
- ↑ "After World War II". Midlothian. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Fine, Ariana (2021-09-24). "Companies Break Ground on Gerdau Solar Project in Texas". Solar Industry Mag. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Spinks, Bill (2021-09-27). "Gerdau breaks ground on massive solar project". Midlothian Mirror. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125061725/https://www2.gerdau.com/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220718101910/https://midlothian.tx.us/210/After-World-War-II. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220120013018/https://www2.gerdau.com/gerdau-locations. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.chron.com/business/article/Texas-steel-company-sold-1600166.php.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www2.gerdau.com/sites/gln_gerdau/files/downloadable_files/epd_gerdau_midlothian_rebar.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 "2023 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2023.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20201124174237/http://www.scielo.org.pe/pdf/apuntes/v41n75/en_a05v41n75.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2020.
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