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 a steel plant in Seattle, Washington, United States that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Seattle, Washington, United States:
- 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
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1904[1] | 320[2][3] |
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 Seattle Inc[4] | 5000191942 | E100001010200 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| finished rolled[5] | bar[5] | automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[6] | 2024-12-18[7] | 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 | 855[8] | 855[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 | 667[9] | –[9] | 667[9] |
Unit Details
Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | operating[10][8] | Fuchs[8] | 855[8] | 100.0[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[11] | 97.0[11] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 3.00[11] |
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Additional data
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References
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 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 2022-08-16.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230321083822/https://www.growherewashington.com/nucorsteelseattle. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211216133805/https://www.nucor.com/locations/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211216133805/https://www.nucor.com/locations/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16.
{{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) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Vtt35CBVFAJFBDgan2a9_CW56EKOw6D/view?usp=drive_link.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 (PDF) https://s202.q4cdn.com/531038915/files/doc_financials/2024/ar/2023-nucor-annual-report.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211216133742/https://www.nucor.com/history/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 (PDF) https://assets.ctfassets.net/aax1cfbwhqog/7Ma2avTxQFdBEwFCITrHkC/ba43c44d995b4e02a0cac4ba30f36fc0/Recycled_Content_Letter_Mill_Products_RY2023_.pdf.
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