Cleveland-Cliffs Steelton steel plant

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Cleveland-Cliffs Steelton steel plant, also known as ArcelorMittal Steelton steel plant (predecessor), ArcelorMittal - Bethlehem Steel, is a steel plant in Steelton, Pennsylvania, United States that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: 215 S. Front St., Steelton, PA 17113, United States
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 40.23072, -76.838506 (exact)

Background

The Steelton steel plant was built by Pennsylvania Steel Company and began operating in 1866. It was bought by Bethlehem Steel in 1917;[1] in 2003, Bethlehem Steel was bought by ISG for $1.5 billion in 2003. In 2007, ArcelorMittal acquired ISG (and the plant) for $4.5 billion.[2][3] The facility was then bought in 2020 by Cleveland Cliffs (the current owner) in a $1.4 billion deal with ArcelorMittal.[4]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
1866[5] 577[6]

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[6] 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[6] bloom, rail, bar[6] transport[6] 2022[7] 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 1000[8] 1000[9]

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

Year EAF production Total (all routes)
2019 200[10] 200[10]
2020 100[11] 100[11]
2021 673[12] 673[12]
2022 725[13] 725[13]
2023 278[14] 278[14]

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[6] 1994[15] NKK-United[15] 1000[16] 127.0[15][6]

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % DRI % HBI % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) % basic/merchant pig iron % granulated pig iron % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated % other iron
unknown EAF (1) yes[17] 87.00[15][17] unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown 13.00[17]

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References

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  2. IHB (2020-12-16). "Legacy of Steel / Burns Harbor Steel Plant". IHB. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  3. "The Center for Land Use Interpretation". clui.org. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  4. "Violations Continued at Burns Harbor Steel Mill During Last Days of ArcelorMittal Ownership". Indiana Environmental Reporter. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20190819200511/https://www.steelmuseum.org/pais300_exhibit_2017/steelton.cfm. Archived from the original on 2019-08-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20211129150202/https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/operations/steelmaking/steelton. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20220206003320/https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/sustainability/environment/certifications. Archived from the original on 2022-02-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. AIST_EAF_2023
  9. AIST_EAF_2023
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Fact Book 2019" (PDF). ArcelorMittal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-03.
  11. 11.0 11.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220129220418/https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/kl3iewkk/fact-book-2020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 (PDF) https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_ec8d6dfae8d64afee055b64f5ad2abef/clevelandcliffs/db/1188/11225/file/CLF_2021_AnnualReport.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 (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)
  14. 14.0 14.1 (PDF) https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/investors/sec-filings/annual-reports/content/0000764065-24-000094/0000764065-24-000094.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Vtt35CBVFAJFBDgan2a9_CW56EKOw6D/view?usp=drive_link. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. AIST_EAF_2023
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240805213842/https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/clevelandcliffs/files/pages/clevelandcliffs/db/1184/description/2023+Documents/CCI_LEED_Recycled_content_2023_4.3.23.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-08-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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