Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown steel plant
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Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown steel plant, also known as Middletown Works, AK Steel Middletown, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Middletown, Ohio, United States.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Middletown, Ohio, United States:
- Location: 1801 Crawford St., Middletown, OH 45043, United States
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 39.488589, -84.386197 (exact)
Background
The Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown steel plant began operations in 1901 under the company AK Steel. The steel plant was acquired by Cleveland Cliffs in 2020 when the company bought AK Steel for $3 billion.[1]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| Operating[2] | 1901[3] | 2500[2] |
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[2] | 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[2] | Hot-rolled and cold-rolled carbon steels, enameling steels, electrogalvanized ZINCGRIP ELECTROSMOOTH® steels, hot-dip galvanized ZINCGRIP® products, aluminized carbon and stainless steels[2] | automotive; building and infrastructure; tools and machinery; transport[2] | 2022[4] | BF, BOF[2] | coking plant (began in 1953, 76 ovens, 20.67m3); 2 BOF (began in 1969, rebuilt in 2017 and 2021)[2][5][5] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 2721 TTPA[2][2] | 2721 TTPA[2][2] |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 2090 TTPA[6] | 2090 TTPA[6] |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Coke |
|---|
| >0 TTPA[7] |
Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BOF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3000 TTPA[8] | 3000 TTPA |
| 2021 | 2018 TTPA[9] | 2018 TTPA |
| 2022 | 1973 TTPA[10] | 1973 TTPA |
Table 8: Actual Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1892 TTPA[5] | 1892 TTPA |
| 2021 | 1850 TTPA[5] | 1850 TTPA |
| 2022 | 2100 TTPA[5] | 2100 TTPA |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ Fisher, Jacob (2020-12-22). "The future of Middletown Works: City leaders say early conversations show promising signs". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
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