North American Stainless steel plant
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North American Stainless steel plant, also known as NAS, is a 1600 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Ghent, Kentucky, United States.
Location
The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Ghent, Kentucky, United States.
- Location: 6870 Highway 42 East, Ghent, Kentucky, 41045-9615, United States[1]
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 38.725418, -85.076015 (exact)
Background
The North American Stainless steel plant began operating in 1990 under the company North American Stainless.
In July 2021, the plant had to stop production for a week or so due to a lack of industrial gases and had to declare force majeure.[2][3]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| operating[4] | 1990[4] | 1600[5] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Owner | Owner company PermID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acerinox SA [100%][6][7][8] | 4295889546 [100%] | North American Stainless Inc[4] | 4298214977 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| finished rolled[7] | stainless flat and long products[7] | 2020[9] | electric arc furnace (EAF)[10] | 2 EAF (began in 2002 and 2007)[10] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|
| 1600 TTPA[10] | 1600 TTPA |
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220112213440/https://www.northamericanstainless.com/contact/nas-mill/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Gerber Group (2021-07-13). "Stainless Espresso: NAS revokes force majeure – but does it change anything?". Steelnews.biz. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Taylor, Brian (2021-07-12). "North American Stainless hits supply snag". Recycling Today. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220112104155/https://www.northamericanstainless.com/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 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) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220125212255/https://www.acerinox.com/export/sites/acerinox/.content/galerias/galeria-descargas/junta-general/Consolidated-Group-and-Acerinox-S.A.-Annual-Accounts-Management-Report-Audit-Report-and-Sustainability-Report.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220120113001/https://www.northamericanstainless.com/about/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220125212202/https://www.acerinox.com/en/contacto/red-comercial-internacional/america/EE.UU.-00008/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210422190822/https://www.northamericanstainless.com/environmental-commitment/. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "2022 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2022.
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