Nucor Steel Seattle plant

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Nucor Steel Seattle plant, also known as Nucor Steel Washington, Birmingham Steel Memphis (predecessor), Seattle Rail Car Company (predecessor), is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Location

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  • Location: 2424 SW Andover Street, Seattle, Washington 98106, United States
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 47.569597, -122.367395 (exact)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[1] 1904[2] 320[3][4]

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 [100.0%] 4295904636 [100%] E100001010595 [12.7%]; E100001000348 [8.6%]; E100001010597 [8.5%]; E100001010596 [5.2%] Nucor Steel Seattle Inc[1] 5000191942 E100001010200

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
finished rolled[5] bar[5] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[6] 2021[7] EAF[3] 1 EAF (began in 1995)[8]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 840 TTPA[8][9] 840 TTPA[8][9]

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References

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  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20220106024922/https://historicseattle.org/event/nucor-steel-2/. Archived from the original on 06 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220816064912/https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/efficient-agile-smart-seattlersquos-steel-mill-keeps-the-fires-burning/. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20230321083822/https://www.growherewashington.com/nucorsteelseattle. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211216133805/https://www.nucor.com/locations/. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220118112804/https://www.nucor.com/industries-served/. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20221031135419/https://nucor.com/certifications. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 "2023 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2023. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220921230942/https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/list-maps-steelmakers-us-canada-mexico/. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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