Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa plant
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Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa plant, also known as Corus Tuscaloosa (predecessor), Tuscaloosa Steel Corp. (predecessor), is a steel plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States:
- Location: 1700 Holt Road, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35404, United States
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 33.234761, -87.508498 (exact)
Background
Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa, previously owned by Corus Steel — and before that, Tuscaloosa Steel Corp. — began operating in 1985. The plant was acquired by Nucor Steel when the company bought Corus Steel for $90 million in 2004.[1] The facility produces steel coil, discrete plate and cut-to-length plate products.[2]
In 2013, the Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa plant recycled close to 19.1 million tons of scrap steel to create new products. In addition, the plant recycles cars.[1]
In 2019, the plant underwent an upgrade to modernize its heavy plate mill.[3]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1985[4] | 345[5] |
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 Tuscaloosa Inc[6] | 5000241091 | E100001010184 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished, finished rolled[7] | tube, sheet, plate, bar[7] | automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[8] | 2024-04-20[9] | 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 | 1200[10] | 1200[10] |
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 | 936[11] | unknown[11] | 936[11] |
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] | MAN GHH[10] | 1200[10] | 122.0[10] |
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] | 72.1[11] | >0[11] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 27.9[11] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Environmental History (2014-12-03). "Environmental History - Nucor Steel". environmentalhistory.as.ua.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa, Inc. - Relationship Science". relationshipscience.com. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ↑ "NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA COMMISSIONS PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES TO MODERNIZE A HEAVY PLATE MILL". Primetals Technologies. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220114124348/http://www.nucortusk.com/about-us.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.buzzfile.com/business/Nucor-Steel-Tuscaloosa,-Inc.-205-556-1310.
{{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) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 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.
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