Outokumpu Stainless USA steel plant
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Outokumpu Stainless USA steel plant, also known as Outokumpu Calvert, Outokumpu North America, Outokumpu Stainless, is a steel plant in Calvert, Alabama, United States that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Calvert, Alabama, United States:
- Location: 1 Steel Dr., Calvert, Alabama, 36513-1300, United States
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 31.148179, -87.98866 (exact)
Background
The Outokumpu Stainless USA steel plant originally began as a ThyssenKrupp facility in 2007 and was split up into two steel plants in 2012 after the merger of Outokumpu Oyj and ThyssenKrupp Stainless’s parent company, Inoxum Group.[1] The other half became the AM/NS Calvert LLC plant, a joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. Outokumpu bought the original plant's stainless meltshop and cold rolling facilities and renamed it to Outokumpu Stainless USA.[2]
In 2014, the plant lost an estimated $41.7 million after it had to shut down due to technical difficulties.[3]
In 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Outokumpu Stainless USA for disability discrimination after the facility refused to hire a qualified applicant because of a disability.[4]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 2007[5] | 972[6] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| State-owned entity status | Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partial | small shareholder(s); Solidium Oy | not applicable; 5000745136 | E100001015587; E100001016231 | Outokumpu Stainless USA LLC[7] | 5001186131 | E100000130958 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| crude, semi-finished, finished rolled[8] | stainless, coil, sheet[9] | 2022[10] | 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 | 1000[11] | 1000[11] |
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 |
Unit Details
Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | operating[12][8] | 2012[13] | Siemens VAI[13] | 1000[11] | 160.0[13] |
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[14] | 94.60[14] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 5.40[14] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ "ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA changes name after Outokumpu merger | Metal Bulletin.com". www.metalbulletin.com. 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ AIST (2017). "The AIST Road Show Visits Outokumpu Stainless USA and AM/NS Calvert" (PDF). AIST. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Outokumpu loses $41 million after trouble at its Calvert plant". Alabama.com. 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "EEOC Sues Outokumpu Stainless USA for Disability Discrimination | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission". www.eeoc.gov. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20200920210015/https://www.aist.org/AIST/aist/AIST/Membership/PDFs/AISTRoadShow_Outo_AMNS.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://otke-cdn.outokumpu.com/-/media/files/investors/annual-reports/outokumpu-annual-report-2023.pdf?revision=c0fca84a-5de4-4c4b-9e2a-4c23367cacb5&modified=20240301090043&_gl=1*11y9ge6*_gcl_au*NzQzODQyMjkzLjE3Mzc5NDM2Nzc.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211220115119/https://www.outokumpu.com/about-outokumpu/organization/americas. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125061624/https://www.outokumpu.com/en/locations/calvert. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.outokumpu.com/en/locations/calvert;AIST_EAF_2020.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240119093712/https://www.outokumpu.com/en/certificates/certificates-and-approvals-for-production-units. Archived from the original on 2024-01-19.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220808042832/https://www.bcatoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021AugustBAweb.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-08-08.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ AIST_EAF_2023
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Vtt35CBVFAJFBDgan2a9_CW56EKOw6D/view?usp=drive_link.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221205105300/https://www.outokumpu.com/sustainability/sustainability-strategy. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05.
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