Cleveland-Cliffs Dearborn steel plant
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Cleveland-Cliffs Dearborn steel plant, also known as Dearborn Works, AK Steel Dearborn, is a steel plant in Dearborn, Michigan, United States that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.
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
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1920[4] | 1181[5] |
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 | 4295903753 | E100001000649 | Cleveland-Cliffs Inc[5] | 4295903753 | E100001000649 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished, finished rolled[5] | slab[5] | automotive, building and infrastructure, steel packaging, tools and machinery[5] | 2024[6] | BF; BOF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 3000[7][8] | 3000[7][8] |
Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 2500[9] | 2500[9] |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Pellets |
|---|
| NF |
Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BOF production | Other/unknown steel production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2020 | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2021 | 2018[10] | –[10] | 2018[10] |
| 2022 | 2176[11] | –[11] | 2176[11] |
| 2023 | 2461[12] | –[12] | 2461[12] |
Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BF production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1713[13] | 1713[14] |
| 2020 | 1255[15] | 1255[16] |
| 2021 | 1843[17] | 1843[18] |
| 2022 | 1600[19] | 1600[20] |
| 2023 | 900[21] | 900[21] |
Unit Details
Table 9: Blast Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current size | Current capacity (ttpa) | Decarbonization technology | Most recent relining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF C3 | operating[5] | 2007[22] | Graycor[23] | 1797.0[5][21] | 2500[9] | unknown | 2019-10[24] |
Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown BOF (1) | operating[25][5] | 1963[25] | 1500[7][8] | 185.0 m3[26] |
| unknown BOF (2) | operating[25][5] | 1963[25] | 1500[7][8] | 185.0 m3[26] |
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) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220126185937/http://www.steel-photo.org/2020/09/28/the-big-exit/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-26.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20211129150204/https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/operations/steelmaking/dearborn-works. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_253e9dc14776c730870275eec2592f4d/clevelandcliffs/files/538800/ClevCliffs_Dearborn_EMS_PRI.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_3bdd359b62bd1ceda7299186db0c5b1b/clevelandcliffs/db/1188/10347/file/CLF_2020_AnnualReport.pdf;AIST_BOF_2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(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 https://www.woodmac.com/reports/metals-dearborn-steel-plant-16401887.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 (PDF) https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_ec8d6dfae8d64afee055b64f5ad2abef/clevelandcliffs/db/1188/11225/file/CLF_2021_AnnualReport.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 (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 2024-02-29.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 (PDF) https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/investors/sec-filings/all-sec-filings/content/0000764065-24-000038/0000764065-24-000038.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ AIST_BF_2020
- ↑ AIST_BF_2020
- ↑ AIST_BF_2021
- ↑ AIST_BF_2021
- ↑ AIST_BF_2022
- ↑ AIST_BF_2022
- ↑ AIST_BF_2023
- ↑ AIST_BF_2023
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 https://imis.aist.org/store/detail.aspx?id=PR-RU2024-5.
{{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 2020-01-08.
{{cite web}}: 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 2023-01-30.
{{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 2023-06-04.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 https://imis.aist.org/store/detail.aspx?id=PR-RU2024-1.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 26.0 26.1 https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/operations/steelmaking/dearborn-works;AIST_BOF_2022;AIST_BF_2022.
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