Gerdau Whitby Steel Mill

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Gerdau Whitby Steel Mill, also known as Co-Steel Lasco, is a 949 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Whitby, Ontario, Canada.

Location

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  • Location: 1 Gerdau Court, L1N 5T1, Whitby, Ontario, Canada[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 43.856461, -78.908997 (exact)

Background

The Gerdau Whitby Steel Mill began operating in 2000. Gerdau acquired the mill in 2002 from company Lasco.[2]

Worker Safety

In 2020, the company was fined 115 thousand CAD for accidents and worker injuries. In particular, for an accident where falling material injured two workers because proper overhead protection was not in place.[3]


Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
operating[4] 1964[5] 385[6][7][8]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Gerdau SA [100%][4] 5000004542 [100%] Gerdau Long Steel North America[5] 5047422048

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[1] angles; channels; flats; MC channels; rebar; unequal angles[1] building and infrastructure; steel packaging; transport[4] 2020[9] electric arc furnace (EAF)[10] 1 EAF (122-tonne; began in 2000)[11]

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

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
949 TTPA[11] 949 TTPA

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220120013018/https://www2.gerdau.com/gerdau-locations. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Pfeiffer, Ryan (2014-10-11). "Gerdau mill in Whitby celebrates 50th anniversary". Durham Region. Retrieved 2021-10-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Steel plant injuries result in $115K fine for Ontario company". OHS Canada. 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2021-10-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220109001500/https://www2.gerdau.com/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20160820043121/http://www.durhamregion.com:80/news-story/4908173-gerdau-mill-in-whitby-celebrates-50th-anniversary/. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/gerdau-witby-ontario-nonferrous-system-upgrade/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20220204144626/https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/canadian-government-invests-in-gerdau-steel-mills-in-ontario/. Archived from the original on 2022-02-04. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20171109031832/http://www.danieli.com:80/en/news/news-events/gerdau-invests-approximately-10-million-non-ferrous-scrap-separation-system_37_61.htm. Archived from the original on 2017-11-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 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)
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20220210161157/https://www2.gerdau.com/about-us/profile. Archived from the original on 2022-02-10. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 "2022 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2022. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

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