Liberty Steel Georgetown plant
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Liberty Steel Georgetown plant, also known as Liberty Steel Georgetown plant, is a steel plant in Georgetown, South Carolina, United States that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Georgetown, South Carolina, United States:
- Location: 420 S Hazard St, Georgetown, SC 29440, United States
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 33.367258, -79.292515 (exact)
Background
The Liberty Steel Georgetown plant has had a tumultuous history: it was built in 1969 by a German industrialist named Willy Korf and was owned by several owners, such as the government of Kuwait in 1984 and the International Steel Group in 2004. It was bought in 2005 by Lakshmi Mittal and closed in 2009. After Mittal merged with the other steel company Arcelor, the Georgetown plant was reopened by Arcelor Mittal in 2011, only to be closed again in May 2015.[1]
The mill was idled from 2015 to 2018, when Liberty Steel (a subsidiary of the GFG Alliance) bought the facility, along with several others, for $5 billion, creating 125 jobs.[2] Only one of the EAFs was recommissioned.[3] In 2019, the Liberty Steel group announced plans to invest $25 million into the mill to upgrade equipment.[4]
In April 2020, the mill closed after a drop in demand for steel products due to the coronavirus pandemic, laying off 104 workers out of 200.[5] In October 2021, the Georgetown, SC mayor gave the mill until February 2022 to reopen; otherwise, the company will lose their zoning permit.[6]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1969[7] | 85[8] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GFG Alliance Ltd | 5057811578 | E100001000556 | Liberty Steel Group[9] | 5076098979 | E100000130950 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 50001 | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished, finished rolled[9] | billet, wire rod, wire, mesh[9] | automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[9] | unknown | EAF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| mothballed | 908[10][7][11] | 908[10][7][11] |
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) | mothballed[12][13][14][15] | 1969 | Demag, Rev. Superior Machine[10] | 454[16][7][17] | 77.0[18] |
| unknown EAF (2) | mothballed[12][13][15] | 1969 | Demag, Rev. Superior Machine[10] | 454[7][10][17] | 77.0[19] |
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[20] | 47.00[21] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 53.00[22] |
| unknown EAF (2) | yes[20] | 47.00[23] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 53.00[24] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ Wire Association International (2018-01-11). "Sale of Georgetown Steel is finalized, new owners have very ambitious plans". www.wirenet.org. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Restart of South Carolina steel mill, Liberty Steel Georgetown, heralds $5bn investment in USA by global GFG Alliance". Liberty Group. 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Holmes, Alissa (2018-06-25). "Georgetown Steel Mill reopens after 3-year closure". Live5News. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Liberty plans multi-million-dollar investment at Georgetown steel mill". GAB News. 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Farhat, Jenna (2020-11-12). "Georgetown steel mill to lay off 100 workers after Christmas in second round of cuts". Myrtle Beach. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Brand, Eli (2021-10-15). "Georgetown steel mill given until February to reopen". WCIV. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20221201224325/https://www.georgetown-sc.com/steel-mill.html. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230502132259/https://wpde.com/news/local/liberty-steel-usa-announces-plans-to-expand-at-liberty-georgetown-steel-mill-community-jobs-career-production. Archived from the original on 2023-05-02.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220112170945/https://libertysteelgroup.com/our-operations/liberty-steel-us/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Vtt35CBVFAJFBDgan2a9_CW56EKOw6D/view?usp=drive_link.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://www.wireworld.com/wirenews/liberty-steel-may-restart-second-eaf-at-georgetown.html;AIST_EAF_2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240916181528/https://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/liberty-gfg-steel-south-carolina-rolling-restart/. Archived from the original on 2024-09-16.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211206184025/https://www.live5news.com/2021/12/06/georgetown-steel-mill-set-restart-operations-next-month/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-06.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://abcnews4.com/newsletter-daily/georgetown-steel-mill-idles-as-liberty-sells-off-machinery-plant-mill-officials-plans-confirmed-reports-steel-wire-manufacture.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220921230942/https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/list-maps-steelmakers-us-canada-mexico/. Archived from the original on 2022-09-21.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ AIST_EAF_2023
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 https://www.wireworld.com/wirenews/liberty-steel-may-restart-second-eaf-at-georgetown.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ AIST_EAF_2023
- ↑ AIST_EAF_2023
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libertyhouse-m-a-arcelormitta-idINKBN17N1E9.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ AIST_EAF_2023
- ↑ AIST_EAF_2023
- ↑ AIST_EAF_2023
- ↑ AIST_EAF_2023
