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Aug. 8, 2012
SDI La Farga Debuts New $40 Million Copper Rod Facility
Steel Dynamics showed off its new copper venture with Spain’s The La Farga Group during an open house in July. The venture, SDI La Farga, is in the process of commissioning the $40 million facility in New Haven, Ind. The first copper was melted June 14.
SDI La Farga, the first operation of its kind in the United States, will refine recycled copper to produce new Cu-FRHC (fire-refined, high-conductivity) 8-millimeter rod at least 99.9 percent pure. It will meet ASTM B-49 standards.
“We had a good turnout, and we received numerous positive comments on what we’re doing here,” says SDI La Farga General Manager Roy Perala.
In the environmentally friendly process, recycled copper is melted, continuously cast and rolled into copper rod used primarily in the production of electrical wire and cable. At full production capacity, SDI La Farga is expected to produce approximately 180 million pounds of copper rod annually.
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