Optimus Steel Beaumont plant
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Optimus Steel Beaumont plant is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Beaumont, Texas, United States.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Beaumont, Texas, United States:
- Location: PO BOX 3869, Beaumont, TX 77704, United States
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 30.08201, -94.074694 (exact)
Background
The Optimus Steel Beaumont plant began operating in 1976 and was operated by Cargill Inc until 2004, when Gerdau acquired the plant (along with four long products mills and four downstream facilities) for $266 million.[1] The plant was then bought by Optimus Steel in 2018 for $92.5 million.[1][2] More than 90% of the facility's output is made from recycled steel which has been recovered from automobiles, steel structures, ships, household appliances, and other sources.[3]
In 2020, Optimus Steel announced it was planning a $40 million expansion to build a new steel wire product line at the Beaumont facility.[4]
In October 2021, five injuries were reported at the Beaumont plant following a crane accident.[5]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| Operating[6] | 1976[7][8] | 311[9] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|
| Optimus Steel LLC[10] | 5070866564 | E100000131058 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished; finished rolled[10] | wire rods; coiled rebar; billets[10] | automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[10] | EAF[11] | 1 EAF (113-tonne; began in 1976)[12] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 635 TTPA[8][12] | 635 TTPA[8][12] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gerdau sells Beaumont mill to Optimus Steel | American Metal Market | Fastmarkets AMM". www.amm.com. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Optimus Steel: The Beginning of Us – Optimus". Optimus Steel. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Recycling – Optimus". Optimus Steel USA. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Rogers, Dave (2020-11-18). "County eyes abatement for steel mill". The Record Newspapers. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Ellsworth, Meagan (2021-10-05). "Injuries reported in Optimus Steel crane accident". Beaumont Enterprise. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220111170909/https://optimus-steelusa.com/. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20191127135945/https://medium.com/optimus-steel-llc/optimus-steel-the-beginning-of-us-a0d9a8cf9de2. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220628054858/https://optimus-steelusa.com/optimus-steel-the-beginning-of-us/. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220318075552/https://www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program/optimus-steel-llc-the-woodlands-tx. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125062636/https://optimus-steelusa.com/about-us/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221205151347/https://optimus-steelusa.com/this-is-how-different-industries-are-supported-thanks-to-our-products/. Archived from the original on 05 December 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "2023 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2023.
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