JSW USA, Baytown, Texas, announces that it has restarted the electric arc furnace at its mill in Mingo Junction, Ohio, casting the first steel slab on December 14 after being closed for 3545 days. The reopening of the mill is expected to create 1000 jobs.
Mingo Junction is now the largest Connsteel Tenova EAF in North America. The first slab was cast on December 14, 2018. Now that the facility will be melting its own steel, JSW USA will be more cost-effective, ensuring the highest quality for customers in 2019.
Looking forward, JSW USA is already in the design process to install another EAF in Ohio. At the mill in Baytown, equipment is coming from all over the world to make JSW 100% melt and manufacture in approximately 18 to 24 months. As JSW works toward its goal of being completely melt and manufacture, the company has filed for a limited duration exclusion on the import of 10-inch and 12-inch slabs and API grades of steel that are not available in the United States. However, three U.S. mills have filed objections to the requests for exclusion. The U.S. Department of Commerce has not yet made a decision. Once the company completes both of the EAFs in Ohio and a third in Texas, JSW USA will become a three-million-ton flat rolled mill, a one-million-ton plate mill, and a 500,000-ton pipe mill.
According to John Hritz, President and CEO of JSW USA, “When all is said and done, JSW USA will be producing the highest quality, lowest-cost steel products in the country, whether made in Texas or in Ohio. This is all about installing the best technology in the world here in the United States and creating secure jobs for decades to come in our industry.”
