CMC Alabama steel plant

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CMC Alabama steel plant, also known as CMC Birmingham plant, is a steel plant in Birmingham, Alabama, United States that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: 101 South 50th St., Birmingham, AL 35212, United States
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 33.534372, -86.75773 (exact)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
1994[1] 409[2][3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Commercial Metals Co 4295903763 E100000130754 Commercial Metals Co[4] 4295903763 E100000130754

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment
finished rolled[5] angle, channel, flat[5] building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[6] EAF

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

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 653[7][8] 653[7][8]

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

Year EAF production Other/unknown steel production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown
2023 unknown

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) operating[9][10] 1994[8] NKK-SE, Rev. Superior Machine[8] 653[8][7] 77.0[8]

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap
unknown EAF (1) yes[11] 100.00[8][12]

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References

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