North American Stainless Ghent steel plant

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North American Stainless Ghent steel plant, also known as NAS, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Ghent, Kentucky, United States.

Location

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  • Location: 6870 Highway 42 East, Ghent, Kentucky, 41045-9615, United States
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 38.725418, -85.076015 (exact)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[1] 1990[1] 1670[2]
Operating[1] 1990[1] 1670[2]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Acerinox SA [100.0%] 4295889546 [100%] E100000130743 [100%] North American Stainless Inc[1] 4298214977 E100000130869

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
finished rolled[3] stainless flat and long products[3] 2020[4] EAF[5] 2 EAF (began in 2002 and 2007)[5]
finished rolled[3] stainless flat and long products[3] 2020[4] EAF[5] 2 EAF (began in 2002 and 2007)[5]

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 800 TTPA[5][5] 800 TTPA[5][5]
mothballed 800 TTPA[5][5] 800 TTPA[5][5]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220112104155/https://www.northamericanstainless.com/. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/spains-acerinox-to-increase-its-flat-steel-production-capacity-in-us-1276866.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220120113001/https://www.northamericanstainless.com/about/. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20231023120751/https://www.northamericanstainless.com/environment/. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 "2022 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2022. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

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