Steel Dynamics Roanoke steel plant

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Steel Dynamics Roanoke steel plant, also known as Roanoke Bar Division; Roanoke Electric, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Roanoke, Virginia, United States.

Location

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  • Location: 102 Westside Blvd, Roanoke, VA 24017
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 37.272927, -79.998828 (exact)

Background

The Steel Dynamics Roanoke steel plant began operating in 1955 by Roanoke Electric; the plant was purchased from Roanoke Electric in 2006 by Steel Dynamics.[1]

In 2018, Steel Dynamics invested $28 million into upgrade the Roanoke plant and expanding its capacity.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[3] 1955[3] 3015[4]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Steel Dynamics Inc [100%] 4295908010 [100%] E100001010595 [12.4%]; E100001000348 [10.3%] Steel Dynamics Inc[5] 4295908010 E100001010336

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
crude[5] merchant bars[5] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[6] EAF[7] 1 EAF (90-tonne, began in 1996)[8]

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 660 TTPA[7][9] 660 TTPA[7][9]

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

Year EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020
2021 537 TTPA[10] 537 TTPA
2022 543 TTPA[11] 543 TTPA

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References

  1. "Roanoke Bar Division". Steel Dynamics. 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Steel Dynamics Inc (2017-02-02). "Steel Dynamics Roanoke Bar Division Diversifies and Expands Product Offerings with New Reheating Furnace and Finishing Equipment Purchase from SMS Group". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2021-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220119155419/https://www.roanokesteel.com/. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20231208145603/https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/STLD/steel-dynamics/number-of-employees. Archived from the original on 08 December 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20211215134840/https://steeldynamics.com/Operations/Steel/Roanoke-Bar-Division.aspx. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20230922160530/https://lpg.steeldynamics.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20200321075418/https://library.e.abb.com/public/4255d1b3edc4408a8ef41820bb95089f/Aistech%202015%20paper.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "2023 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2023. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 https://news.metal.com/newscontent/100722472/Steel-Dynamics-Inc-invests-28-million-to-upgrade-Virginia-mill-facility/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. (PDF) https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReports/PDF/NASDAQ_STLD_2021.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20231208154227/https://d2ghdaxqb194v2.cloudfront.net/2197/189962.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 08 December 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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