Optimus Steel Beaumont plant
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Optimus Steel Beaumont plant is a steel plant in Beaumont, Texas, United States that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
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
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1976[6][7] | 311[8] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aceros Turia Inc | unknown | E100001016337 | Optimus Steel LLC[9] | 5070866564 | E100000131058 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished, finished rolled[9] | billet, wire rod, rebar[9] | automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[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 | 750[10] | 750[10] |
Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF production | Other/unknown steel production |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | unknown | unknown |
| 2020 | unknown | unknown |
| 2021 | unknown | unknown |
| 2022 | unknown | unknown |
| 2023 | – | – |
Unit Details
Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | operating[10][11] | 1976[10] | 750[10] | 113.0[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | yes[11] | 98.2[11] | 0.5[11] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 1.3[11] |
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/20220628054858/https://optimus-steelusa.com/optimus-steel-the-beginning-of-us/. Archived from the original on 2022-06-28.
{{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 2019-11-27.
{{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 2022-03-18.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125062636/https://optimus-steelusa.com/about-us/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Vtt35CBVFAJFBDgan2a9_CW56EKOw6D/view?usp=drive_link.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 (PDF) https://pcr-epd.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1290.Optimus_Steel_EPD_for_rebar_and_wire_rod_FINAL2024p.pdf.
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