Cleveland-Cliffs Dearborn steel plant
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Cleveland-Cliffs Dearborn steel plant, also known as Dearborn Works, AK Steel Dearborn, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Dearborn, Michigan, United States.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Dearborn, Michigan, United States:
- Location: 14661 Rotunda Drive, P.O. Box 1699, Dearborn, MI 48120, United States
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 42.308171, -83.161353 (exact)
Background
The Cleveland Cliffs Dearborn Works steel plant began operating in 1920. It currently produces steel products primarily for the automative and building/construction industry. Originally owned by the Ford Motor Co.'s Rouge manufacturing complex, it was bought by Russian steel company Severstal, who invested $1.2 billion into the plant in retrofitting efforts in 2007 and 2001. The plant was acquired by AK Steel in 2014 for $707 million.[1] In 2020, Cleveland Cliffs bought the plant.[2]
In 2015, the Michigan Justice Department ordered the former owners of the Dearborn complex to pay a $1.35 million fine for violating the Clean Air Act.[3]
In March 2020, the Sierra Club and Environment Michigan announced their intent to sue Cleveland Cliffs under the Clean Air Act for exceeding its air pollution emission limits thousands of times over the past five years.[3] In May 2020, Dearborn Works stopped their hot strip mill, annealing and tempering operations at the site, partially because of a Covid-induced reduction in demand, putting 211 people out of work.[1]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| Operating[4] | 1920[5] | 1290[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland-Cliffs Inc [100%] | 4295903753 [100%] | E100001010595 [10%]; E100001000348 [9.6%] | Cleveland-Cliffs Inc[4] | 4295903753 | E100001000649 |
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[4] | Carbon semi-finished slabs, hot dip galvanized ZINCGRIP®, hot dip galvannealed ZINCGRIP® GA steel, and advanced high-strength steel (AHSS)[4] | automotive; building and infrastructure; steel packaging; tools and machinery[4] | 2021[6] | BF, BOF[4] | 2 BOF (began in 1963)[4][7][7] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 3000 TTPA[8][9][7][8][9][7] | 3000 TTPA[8][9][7][8][9][7] |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 2500 TTPA[10] | 2500 TTPA[10] |
Table 6: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BOF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | – | – |
| 2021 | 2018 TTPA[11] | 2018 TTPA |
| 2022 | 2176 TTPA[12] | 2176 TTPA |
Table 7: Actual Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1255 TTPA[7] | 1255 TTPA |
| 2021 | 1843 TTPA[7] | 1843 TTPA |
| 2022 | 1600 TTPA[7] | 1600 TTPA |
Blast Furnace Details
Table 8: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C3 | operating[4] | unknown | unknown | 2007[13] | Graycor[14] | 1797 m³[15] | 2500[10] | unknown | 2019-10[16] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Noble, Breana (2020-05-05). "Former Rouge Steel mill closing some operations, throwing more than 200 out of work". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Rivers, Tim (2021-07-19). "Workers at Ford's Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan denounce "horrible" conditions in the aftermath of the death of co-worker Khaled Nasser". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ferretti, Christine (2021-03-03). "Environmental groups file notice to sue over air pollution concerns at Dearborn factory". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20211129150204/https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/operations/steelmaking/dearborn-works. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220126185937/http://www.steel-photo.org/2020/09/28/the-big-exit/. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220206003320/https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/sustainability/environment/certifications. Archived from the original on 06 February 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 "2022 AIST Basic Oxygen Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. April 2022.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 (PDF) https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_1d72f1292344e42e7297bb3990a7fb77/clevelandcliffs/db/1086/11410/pdf/CLF+Investor+Presentation+-+December+2022.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220129213612/https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_3bdd359b62bd1ceda7299186db0c5b1b/clevelandcliffs/db/1188/10347/file/CLF_2020_AnnualReport.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 https://www.woodmac.com/reports/metals-dearborn-steel-plant-16401887.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_ec8d6dfae8d64afee055b64f5ad2abef/clevelandcliffs/db/1188/11225/file/CLF_2021_AnnualReport.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240229041812/https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_3b13d73bc2bef8e3abc4d6196a66e857/clevelandcliffs/db/1188/11492/file/CLF_AnnualReport_2022_04032023.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200108080800/http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com:80/2017/02/river-rouge-steel-plant.html. Archived from the original on 08 January 2020.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230130190716/https://www.graycor.com/projects/blast-furnace-c-rebuild. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/operations/steelmaking/dearborn-worksAIST_BOF_2022AIST_BF_2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230604231255/https://www.bartonmalow.com/projects/aksteel-dearborn-works-ongoing-maintenance/. Archived from the original on 04 June 2023.
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