Optimus Steel Beaumont plant

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Optimus Steel Beaumont plant is a 700 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Beaumont, Texas, United States.

Location

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  • Location: PO BOX 3869, Beaumont, TX 77704, United States[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 30.08201, -94.074694 (exact)

Background

The Optimus Steel Beaumont plant began operating in 1976 and was operated by Cargill Inc until 2004, when Gerdau acquired the plant (along with four long products mills and four downstream facilities) for $266 million.[2] The plant was then bought by Optimus Steel in 2018 for $92.5 million.[2][3] More than 90% of the facility's output is made from recycled steel which has been recovered from automobiles, steel structures, ships, household appliances, and other sources.[4]

In 2020, Optimus Steel announced it was planning a $40 million expansion to build a new steel wire product line at the Beaumont facility.[5]

In October 2021, five injuries were reported at the Beaumont plant following a crane accident.[6]



Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
operating[1] 1976[7][8] 311[9]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Optimus Steel LLC [100%][10] 5070866564 [100%] Optimus Steel LLC[10] 5070866564

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[10] wire rods; coiled rebar; billets[10] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[10] electric arc furnace (EAF)[11] 1 EAF (113-tonne; began in 1976)[12]

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

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
700 TTPA[8] 700 TTPA

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220111170909/https://optimus-steelusa.com/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Gerdau sells Beaumont mill to Optimus Steel | American Metal Market | Fastmarkets AMM". www.amm.com. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2021-11-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Optimus Steel: The Beginning of Us – Optimus". Optimus Steel. Retrieved 2021-11-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Recycling – Optimus". Optimus Steel USA. Retrieved 2021-11-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Rogers, Dave (2020-11-18). "County eyes abatement for steel mill". The Record Newspapers. Retrieved 2021-11-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Ellsworth, Meagan (2021-10-05). "Injuries reported in Optimus Steel crane accident". Beaumont Enterprise. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20191127135945/https://medium.com/optimus-steel-llc/optimus-steel-the-beginning-of-us-a0d9a8cf9de2. Archived from the original on 2019-11-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220628054858/https://optimus-steelusa.com/optimus-steel-the-beginning-of-us/. Archived from the original on 2022-06-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20220318075552/https://www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program/optimus-steel-llc-the-woodlands-tx. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220112120440/https://optimus-steelusa.com/about-us/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20221205151347/https://optimus-steelusa.com/this-is-how-different-industries-are-supported-thanks-to-our-products/. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. "2021 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2021. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

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