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June 13, 2012
SBQ-producer Republic Steel has begun construction of a new electric arc furnace and related equipment at its Lorain, Ohio, facility. The company expects the first heat of steel from the new mill to be tapped during the second quarter of 2013.
The expansion is designed to meet growing customer demand for the company’s special bar quality steel, driven by the automotive, capital equipment and energy markets. The project will bring 449 new jobs and more than $1 billion dollars in annual economic activity to Ohio. The existing 489 jobs at the Lorain facility will be retained.
“This expansion will help us maintain our position as the industry leader in SBQ manufacturing,” says Republic President and CEO Jaime Vigil. “The additional capacity from the new furnace will allow us more flexibility and efficiency in delivering the highly engineered products our customers require.”
Republic Steel’s new furnace is expected to increase the company’s liquid steel production by 1.2 million tons annually and will account for Lorain’s first significant growth in steelmaking in the 21st century. The new equipment will supply both Republic’s bloom and billet casters allowing for the production of high-quality SBQ bar and coil from 0.295-inch to 6 1/2-inch diameter, and 6-, 10 1/2-, 11 5/8-, 12 1/4- and 13 1/2-inch diameter seamless tube rounds.
Features of the new modern electric arc furnace include: a 150-ton heat size, eccentric bottom tapping, an exchangeable upper/lower shell, a 120/135 MVA furnace transformer, current conducting arms, oxy fuel burners, carbon and lime injection systems, a temperature/sampling system, and level 1 and level 2 automation.
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