U.S. Steel Gary Works
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U.S. Steel Gary Works, also known as U.S. Steel Gary, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Gary, Indiana, United States.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Gary, Indiana, United States:
- Location: Gary Works, One North Broadway, Gary, Indiana 46402, United States
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 41.620799, -87.348266 (exact)
Background
The U.S. Steel Gary Works steel plant began operating in 1908 after beginning construction in 1906. For many years, the Gary Works was the world's largest steel mill. It is currently the largest U. S. Steel manufacturing plant; its products are used for the automotive, metal building components, home construction and appliance markets.[1]
In 2018, U.S. Steel announced it would invest a minimum of $750 million into modernizing and enhancing Gary Works.[2]
In October 2021, U.S. Steel announced plans to install more pig iron capacity at the Gary Works plant, a project which would be completed in 2023.[3]
In late 2021, the Gary Works plants announced it would be idling two of its blast furnaces for a few weeks to make improvements.[4]
Environmental Compliance
In 1998, the EPA and U.S. Steel agreed that Gary Works would clean-up its facility, as the site was contaminated with metals, volatile and semi volatile organic compounds, and PCBs. As of 2005, the EPA lists that U.S. Steel has completed several interim measures, such as excavating contaminated soil.[5]
In 2016, the EPA fined U.S. Steel $2.2 million for pollution at several of its facilities, including Gary Works. The company also committed to spending $800,000 removing contaminated transformers at its Zug Island and Gary facilities.[6][7]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| Operating[8] | 1908[9] | 4000[10] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States Steel Corp [100%] | 4295903049 [100%] | E100001000348 [10.1%]; E100001010595 [9%] | United States Steel Corp[8] | 4295903049 | E100000001319 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished; finished rolled[8] | sheet products, strip mill plate in coils, tin products, hot-rolled sheets, cold-rolled sheets, galvanized sheet products[8] | automotive; building and infrastructure; tools and machinery[8] | 2022[11] | BF, BOF[12] | 3 BOF (began in 1965, 1973, and unknown)[12][13][13] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 7800 TTPA[13][13][13][13][13][13] | 7800 TTPA[13][13][13][13][13][13] |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 6496 TTPA[14][14][15][16] | 6496 TTPA[14][14][15][16] |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Sinter |
|---|
| 4400 TTPA[17][18] |
Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BOF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | – | – |
| 2021 | 4524 TTPA[19] | 4524 TTPA |
| 2022 | 5226 TTPA[19] | 5226 TTPA |
Table 8: Actual Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3965 TTPA[13] | 3965 TTPA |
| 2021 | 4980 TTPA[13] | 4980 TTPA |
| 2022 | 4900 TTPA[13] | 4900 TTPA |
Blast Furnace Details
Table 9: Blast Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current size | Current capacity (ttpa) | Decarbonization technology | Most recent relining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | operating[16] | 2005-04[20] | 2005-08[20] | 1974[21] | Saint-Gobain (parts)[22] | 3244 m³[13] | 2540[16] | U.S. steel has a non-binding agreement with CarbonFree, a CCUS developer, to implement their SkyCycle technology in 2025.[23] | 2005-12[24][20] |
| 4 | operating[25] | unknown | unknown | 1917[26] | – | 1496 m³[13] | 1361[14] | U.S. steel has a non-binding agreement with CarbonFree, a CCUS developer, to implement their SkyCycle technology in 2025.[23] | 2020[27] |
| 6 | operating[14] | unknown | unknown | 1910[26] | – | 1506 m³[13] | 1234[14] | U.S. steel has a non-binding agreement with CarbonFree, a CCUS developer, to implement their SkyCycle technology in 2025.[23] | 2016[28] |
| 8 | operating[29] | unknown | unknown | 1909[26] | Saint-Gobain (parts)[22] | 1299 m³[13] | 1361[15] | U.S. steel has a non-binding agreement with CarbonFree, a CCUS developer, to implement their SkyCycle technology in 2025.[23] | 2016[28] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
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- ↑ "United States Steel Announces Major Modernization and Asset Revitalization at Gary Works - www.ussteel.com". www.ussteel.com. 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
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- ↑ "Hazardous Waste Cleanup: U.S. Steel, Gary Works Facility - Gary, Indiana". EPA. 2005. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
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