Steel Dynamics Columbia City plant

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Steel Dynamics Columbia City plant is a 2000 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Columbia City, Indiana, United States.

Location

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  • Location: 2601 County Road 700 East, Columbia City, Indiana 46725, United States[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 41.121613, -85.348602 (exact)

Background

The Steel Dynamics Columbia City plant began operating in 2002 and is Steel Dynamics' second-largest steel operation. The plant produces a variety of products including wide flange beams, American Standard Beams, Manufactured Housing Beams, H Piling and Channel sections for the construction, transportation and industrial machinery markets.[2]

In 2017, Steel Dynamics invested $75 million into making upgrades at the Columbia City plant.[3]

In 2019, a worker died at the Columbia City plant after being crushed by equipment. Steel Dynamics fined around $22,000 for violating Occupational Safety and Hazard Association (OSHA) standards after the incident.[4]



Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
operating[5] 2002[6] 2660[7]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Steel Dynamics Inc [100%][1] 4295908010 [100%] Steel Dynamics Inc[1] 4295908010

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
finished rolled[8] structurals, rail[8] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; transport[8] electric arc furnace (EAF)[6] 2 EAF (began in 2002)[9]

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

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
2000 TTPA[10] 2000 TTPA

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

Year BOF Production EAF Production OHF Production Total (all routes)
2021 1820 TTPA[11] 1820 TTPA

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220111165748/https://www.steeldynamics.com/Company/Contact-Us.aspx. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Structural and Rail Division, Steel Dynamics, Retrieved on: Aug. 18, 2020
  3. "Steel Dynamics Plans $75M Columbia City Investment". Inside Indiana Business. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2021-10-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "After Indiana Worker Crushed to Death, SDI Ordered to Pay Nearly $22,000". Wane 15. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2021-10-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20220925152100/https://stld.steeldynamics.com/long-products-steel/. Archived from the original on 2022-09-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220925144537/https://stld.steeldynamics.com/history/. Archived from the original on 2022-09-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20211129150205/https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/operations/steelmaking/riverdale. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20211215134828/https://steeldynamics.com/Operations/Steel/Structural-And-Rail-Division.aspx. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. "2020 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2020. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  10. "2022 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2022. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  11. (PDF) https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReports/PDF/NASDAQ_STLD_2021.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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