Nucor-Yamato Steel Blytheville plant

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Nucor-Yamato Steel Blytheville plant is a steel plant in Blytheville, Arkansas, United States that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: 7301 East County Road 142, Blytheville, Arkansas 72315, United States
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 35.941421, -89.713819 (exact)

Background

The Nucor-Yamato Steel Blytheville began operating in 1988 as a joint venture between Nucor Steel and Yamato Steel and produces structural steel shapes, including carbon steel wide-flange beams, H-piling, sheet piling, and standard I-beams.[1][2]

In 2016, two workers died at the plant after separate accidents.[3] Nucor-Yamato was fined around $56,000 for the first death, which was partially due to violations in Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards.[4]

In 2019, Nucor-Yamato, working with SMS, began an upgrade to the plant which was expected to be finished in 2020; however, there has been no confirmation if this upgrade has been completed yet.[5]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
1988[6] 750[7]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Nucor Corp; Yamato Kogyo Co Ltd 4295904636; 4295878941 E100001010181; E100001010196 Nucor Yamato Steel Co[8] 5000178050 E100001010195

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment
finished rolled[9] beam[9] automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[10] 2022[11] 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 3174[6] 3174[6]

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

Year EAF production Other/unknown steel production Total (all routes)
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown
2023 2254[12] [12] 2254[12]

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[13][14][15] 1988[15] Demag, Rev. Superior Machine[15] 1587[6] 136.0[14]
unknown EAF (2) operating[13][14][15] 1998[15] Demag, Rev. Superior Machine[15] 1587[6] 136.0[14]

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated
unknown EAF (1) yes[16] 95.2[16] 4.8[16]
unknown EAF (2) yes[17] 95.20[16] 4.8[16]

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References

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  3. "Nucor-Yamato halts operations after accidental death". www.steelorbis.com. 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2021-10-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (2016-08-01). "Worker's death leads OSHA to fine Nucor-Yamato Steel for poor loading operations at Arkansas steel mill". Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Retrieved 2021-10-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Nucor-Yamato to upgrade Arkansas mill | Argus Media". www.argusmedia.com. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
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  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20220118112804/https://www.nucor.com/industries-served/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  13. 13.0 13.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240909193939/http://www.nucoryamato.com/StaticData/Letters/Electric%2520Arc%2520Furnace%2520Practice.pdf?currdate=10%252F25%252F2023%252011:24:20%2520AM. Archived from the original (PDF) on 09 September 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 (PDF) https://assets.ctfassets.net/aax1cfbwhqog/7Ma2avTxQFdBEwFCITrHkC/ba43c44d995b4e02a0cac4ba30f36fc0/Recycled_Content_Letter_Mill_Products_RY2023_.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240906180400/https://nucortubular.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Green-Sheet_v3.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-09-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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