Steel Dynamics Columbia City plant
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Steel Dynamics Columbia City plant is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Columbia City, Indiana, United States.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Columbia City, Indiana, United States:
- Location: 2601 County Road 700 East, Columbia City, Indiana 46725, United States
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 41.121613, -85.348602 (exact)
Background
The Steel Dynamics Columbia City plant began operating in 2002 and is Steel Dynamics' second-largest steel operation. The plant produces a variety of products including wide flange beams, American Standard Beams, Manufactured Housing Beams, H Piling and Channel sections for the construction, transportation and industrial machinery markets.[1]
In 2017, Steel Dynamics invested $75 million into making upgrades at the Columbia City plant.[2]
In 2019, a worker died at the Columbia City plant after being crushed by equipment. Steel Dynamics fined around $22,000 for violating Occupational Safety and Hazard Association (OSHA) standards after the incident.[3]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| Operating[4] | 2002[5] | 3015[6] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Dynamics Inc [100%] | 4295908010 [100%] | E100001010595 [12.4%]; E100001000348 [10.3%] | Steel Dynamics Inc[7] | 4295908010 | E100001010336 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| finished rolled[8] | structurals, rail[8] | automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; transport[8] | EAF[5] | 2 EAF (began in 2002)[9] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 2000 TTPA[9][9] | 2000 TTPA[9][9] |
Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | – | – |
| 2021 | 1820 TTPA[10] | 1820 TTPA |
| 2022 | 1840 TTPA[11] | 1840 TTPA |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ Structural and Rail Division, Steel Dynamics, Retrieved on: Aug. 18, 2020
- ↑ "Steel Dynamics Plans $75M Columbia City Investment". Inside Indiana Business. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "After Indiana Worker Crushed to Death, SDI Ordered to Pay Nearly $22,000". Wane 15. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220925152100/https://stld.steeldynamics.com/long-products-steel/. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220925144537/https://stld.steeldynamics.com/history/. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211129150205/https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/operations/steelmaking/riverdale. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125055457/https://stld.steeldynamics.com/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20211215134828/https://steeldynamics.com/Operations/Steel/Structural-And-Rail-Division.aspx. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 "2020 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2020.
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