Nucor Steel Kankakee plant
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Nucor Steel Kankakee plant, also known as Nucor Steel Bourbonnais, Nucor Steel Illinois, Birmingham Steel Kankakee (predecessor), is a steel plant in Bourbonnais, Illinois, United States that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Bourbonnais, Illinois, United States:
- Location: One Nucor Way, Bourbonnais, Illinois 60914, United States
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 41.180734, -87.856196 (exact)
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1961[1] | 350[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nucor Corp | 4295904636 | E100001010181 | Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc[3] | 5000142556 | E100001010197 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| finished rolled[4] | bar[4] | automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[5] | 2024-10-16[6] | 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) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 794[7][8] | 794[7][8] |
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 | 619[9] | –[9] | 619[9] |
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[8] | 1998[8] | Danieli[8] | 794[8][7] | 73.0[8] |
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[10] | 96.6[10] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 3.40[10] |
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References
- ↑ https://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/ct-biz-nucor-bourbonnais-steel-plant-expansion-20171115-story.html.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 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) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221031135419/https://nucor.com/certifications. Archived from the original on 2022-10-31.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 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.
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