SSAB Americas Alabama steel plant
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SSAB Americas Alabama steel plant, also known as Ipsco Alabama, Mobile Alabama, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Axis, Alabama, United States.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Axis, Alabama, United States:
- Location: 12400 Highway 43 North, Axis, Alabama 36505, United States
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 30.941783, -88.012437 (exact)
Background
The SSAB Americas Alabama steel plant began operating in 2001, originally under the company IPSCO, which was acquired by SSAB in 2007.[1] The end uses for its heavy plate and coil products go towards heavy machinery, ships, wind towers, rail cars and more.[2]
Feedstock
The electric arc furnace (EAF) feedstock for SSAB Americas is 94% recycled materials.[3] The facility is one of Alabama's largest steel scrap recyclers, consuming approximately 1.6 million tons of scrap metal per year. According to SSAB Americas, more than five million scrap tires have been recycled at the site.[2]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| Operating[4] | 2001[4] | 700[5] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| State-owned entity status | Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partial | SSAB AB [100.0%] | 4295889873 [100%] | E100001010360 [10.5%]; E100000001640 [6.3%] | SSAB Americas Holding AB[6] | 5037441018 | E100001010364 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished[4] | heavy plate, coil[4] | energy; transport[4] | 2021[7] | EAF[4] | 1 EAF (began in 2001)[8] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 1250 TTPA[9] | 1250 TTPA[9] |
Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1057 TTPA[10] | 1057 TTPA |
| 2021 | 1004 TTPA[11] | 1004 TTPA |
| 2022 | – | – |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ "History". SSAB. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Sites all over the world". SSAB. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ↑ SSAB Americas, SSAB, Retrieved on: Aug. 17, 2020
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20211031015410/https://www.ssab.com/company/about-ssab/our-business/ssab-americas. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "2023 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2023.
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