Nu-Iron Unlimited Point Lisas DRI plant

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Nu-Iron Unlimited Point Lisas DRI plant (Planta de reducción directa Nu-Iron Unlimited) is a 1600 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) direct reduced iron (DRI) iron plant operating in Point Lisas, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago.

Location

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  • Location: Caribbean Dr, Point Lisas Industrial Estate, Point Lisas, Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo, Trinidad and Tobago[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 10.399138, -61.486326 (exact)

Background

Nucor's Nu-Iron Unlimited plant is the world's largest shipper of CDRI (cold direct reduced iron), with more than 12 million tons shipped in its first decade of operation.[2] The plant, originally known as American Iron Reduction or AIR, was initially sited in Convent, Louisiana, where it began commercial operations in 1998.[2] However, declining market conditions and rising natural gas prices prompted owner Nucor to abandon the Louisiana location and physically relocate the plant to the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago.[2]

In December 2006 the Nu-Iron Unlimited plant began producing DRI at its current site in the Point Lisas Industrial Estate outside Couva, Trinidad.[2][3] All of Nu-Iron's DRI production is shipped to steel plants in the United States via the ports of Charleston, SC, Mobile, Alabama, New Orleans, LA and Morehead City, NC.[2]



Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Iron ore source
operating[4] 2006[5][6] Brazil[7]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Nucor Corp [100%][1] 4295904636 [100%] NU-IRON UNLIMITED DIRECT-[1] 4296080689

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
crude[4] 2021[8] direct reduced iron (DRI)[9][10][7] 1 DRI plant: Midrex CDRI, 1.6 MTPA, 2006; 6.65 meter diameter MIDREX® Shaft Furnace, 15-bay MIDREX® Reformer (2006, since expanded)[7][11][12][13]

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

Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
1600 TTPA[10][11][4] 1600 TTPA

Table 5: Actual Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):

Year BF Production DRI Production Total (all routes)
2020 1340 TTPA[12] 1340 TTPA[12]
2021 1620 TTPA[10] 1620 TTPA[10]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20211216133805/https://www.nucor.com/locations/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Advancing Performance of Nu-Iron's MIDREX® DRI Plant". Midrex. March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Nucor History". Nucor. Retrieved 2022-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20211027124400/https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2267543-nucor-restarts-trinidad-dri-plant. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20220523020451/https://www.nucor.com/history/. Archived from the original on 2022-05-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220318105249/https://www.midrex.com/tech-article/advancing-performance-of-nu-irons-midrex-dri-plant/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220318105249/https://www.midrex.com/tech-article/advancing-performance-of-nu-irons-midrex-dri-plant/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318143914/https://assets.ctfassets.net/aax1cfbwhqog/Kk7CJMRKW7ID3u0ft1Ajt/3d99bc2633c2c76a92b057ba794f4783/2021-2024_Certificate_of_Registration.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221008040524/https://www.midrex.com/wp-content/uploads/MidrexSTATSBook2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-10-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 "2022 AIST DRI and HBI Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2022. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211129195124/https://www.midrex.com/wp-content/uploads/Midrex-STATSbookprint-2020.Final_.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318083849/http://www.midrex.com/wp-content/uploads/Midrex-Plants-Sheet2021-1.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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