BlueScope Steel EAF is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of 500 thousand tonnes per year.
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Announced 2021
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
500
EAF
500
Steel Units
Ownership
Owner BlueScope Steel Ltd
Parent BlueScope Steel Ltd [100.0%]
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
North America
United States
39.8157°, -101.2752°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 500 ttpa