SSAB Americas Iowa steel plant
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SSAB Americas Iowa steel plant, also known as Ipsco Steel Inc., is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Muscatine, Iowa, United States.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Muscatine, Iowa, United States:
- Location: 1770 Bill Sharp Boulevard, Muscatine, Iowa 52761, United States
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 41.482009, -90.820921 (exact)
Background
The SSAB Americas Iowa Steel Plant began operating in 1997. The heavy plate and coil products are used to make heavy machinery, ships, wind towers, rail cars and more.[1]
In 2010, SSAB opened a new building for research and development on testing, simulation, and metallographic equipment next to the steel mill.[1]
In 2019, SSAB Americas announced its plans to make its steel production in North America completely fossil-free process by 2026. It also said the SSAB Americas Iowa facility would be completely powered by renewable energy by 2022.[2] Some of its electricity is currently supplied by MidAmerican Energy wind farms in Iowa.[3]
Feedstock
The electric arc furnace (EAF) feedstock for SSAB Americaas is 94% recycled materials.[4] The facility is one of Iowa’s largest steel scrap recyclers, consuming approximately 1.4 million tons of scrap metal per year.[1] In 2019, SSAB Americas said it intended to use fossil-free sponge iron produced in Sweden as part of its 'Hybrit' project in the next few years.[3]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| Operating[5] | 1997[6] | 500[7] |
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[8] | 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[5] | heavy plate, coil[5] | energy; transport[5] | 2021[9] | EAF[5] | 1 EAF (began in 1997)[10] |
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[11] | 1250 TTPA[11] |
Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 943 TTPA[5] | 943 TTPA |
| 2021 | 896 TTPA[12] | 896 TTPA |
| 2022 | – | – |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sites all over the world". SSAB. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ↑ Coyne, Justine (2019-12-17). "SSAB Americas plans fossil-free US steel production by 2026". www.spglobal.com. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "SSAB Americas to produce first fossil-free steel in North America". PRWeb. 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ SSAB Americas, SSAB, Retrieved on: Aug. 17, 2020
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 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) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220705152307/https://www.ssab.com/en/company/about-ssab/our-business/sites-all-over-the-world. Archived from the original on 05 July 2022.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "2023 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2023.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 (PDF) https://ssabwebsitecdn.azureedge.net/-/media/files/en/americas/north-american-plate-mills_web.pdf.
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