U. S. Steel Announces Successful Start-Up of New Electric Arc Furnace at Its Alabama Facility
26 Outubro 2020 - 5:15PM
Business Wire
Today, U. S. Steel announced the successful start-up of its
newly constructed, technologically advanced electric arc furnace
(EAF) steelmaking facility at its Fairfield, Alabama, operations.
The EAF start-up is the latest milestone providing customer value
through the company’s “Best of Both” integrated and mini-mill
technology strategy.
Commenting on the start-up, U. S. Steel President and Chief
Executive Officer David B. Burritt said, “The EAF significantly
enhances our ability to deliver customer-centric solutions and
results. We made a commitment to add electric arc steelmaking to
our operating footprint as part of our ‘Best of Both’ strategy.
This successful start-up delivers on that promise, and I am very
pleased with the way our people safely accomplished this while
navigating the disruptive influences of the COVID-19 pandemic. We
had the added benefit of using this project as a tool for technical
collaboration with the EAF experts at our ‘Best of Both’ partner,
Big River Steel. Fairfield EAF #1 adds significantly more
sustainable steelmaking technology to our portfolio.”
Of the announcement, U. S. Steel Senior Vice President – Tubular
Products Douglas R. Matthews said, “I am proud of the Fairfield
team for their perseverance and continued focus throughout the
construction and start-up processes, especially on our core value
of safety. We are excited to provide our customers with more
sustainable tubular solutions, including our technically advanced
proprietary connections, to support their efforts to safely extract
and transport the resources necessary to power our daily
lives.”
The EAF method of steelmaking utilizes electrical energy to melt
a heat of steel. This process charges recycled steel scrap into the
furnace, which is then heated by electric arcs; melting the scrap
into liquid steel. In the start-up process, Fairfield EAF #1
commenced its first arc, charged and melted steel scrap, and on
October 20, tapped its first heat of liquid steel.
The EAF will have an annual steelmaking capacity of 1.6 million
tons. Video footage of the start-up is available on U. S. Steel’s
YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/c/USSteelCorp or here.
Founded in 1901, the United States Steel Corporation is a
Fortune 250 company and leading integrated steel producer. With
extensive iron ore production and an annual raw steelmaking
capability of 22 million net tons, U. S. Steel produces high
value-added steel products for the automotive, infrastructure,
appliance, container, and energy industries. The company’s “Best of
Both” integrated and mini-mill technology strategy is advancing a
more secure, sustainable future for U. S. Steel and its
stakeholders. With renewed emphasis on innovation and customer
focus, the company produces cutting-edge products such as U. S.
Steel’s proprietary XG3™ advanced high-strength steel. U. S. Steel
is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with world-class
operations across the United States and in Central Europe. For more
information, please visit www.ussteel.com.
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