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| TABLE 4 | |||||||||
| PROCESSORS OF IRON AND STEEL SLAG IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2010 | |||||||||
| Slag and furnace types1 | |||||||||
| Blast furnace slag | Steel furnace slag | ||||||||
| Slag processing company | Plant location | Steel company serviced2, 3 | AC | GG | Exp | BOF | OHF | EAF | |
| Alexander Mill Services Inc. | Hollsopple, PA | North American H-gan-s, Inc. | X | ||||||
| Ash Grove Cement Co. | Portland, OR | Foreign | X | ||||||
| Barfield Enterprises, Inc. | LaPlace, LA | ArcelorMittal USA | X | ||||||
| Beaver Valley Slag | Aliquippa, PA | Old slag pile site | X | X | X | ||||
| Beelman Truck Co. | Granite City, IL4 | United States Steel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Beemsterboer Slag Corp. | East Chicago, IN | ArcelorMittal USA- (-East side-) | X | ||||||
| Do. | Gary, IN | United States Steel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Blackheart Slag Co. | Muscatine (Montpelier), IA | SSAB North America | X | ||||||
| City Slag LLC | Sharon, PA | Old slag pile site | X | ||||||
| Dragon Products Co., Inc. | Thomaston, ME | Miscellaneous domestic and foreign | X | ||||||
| Edward C. Levy Co. | Decatur (Trinity), AL- | Nucor Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Butler, IN | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Columbia City, IN | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Crawfordsville, IN | Nucor Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | East Chicago (Indiana Harbor), IN | ArcelorMittal USA- (-West side-) | X | ||||||
| Do. | Detroit (Dearborn), MI | Severstal North America, Inc. | X | X | |||||
| Do. | Detroit (Ecorse), MI | United States Steel Corp. | X | X | |||||
| Do. | Columbus, MS | Severstal North America, Inc. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Canton, OH | The Timken Co. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Delta, OH | North Star BlueScope Steel LLC | X | ||||||
| Do. | Huger, SC | Nucor Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Memphis, TN | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Seattle, WA- | do. | X | ||||||
| Essroc Corp. | Middlebranch, OH | Miscellaneous domestic and foreign | X | ||||||
| Fritz Enterprises, Inc. | Fairfield, AL5 | United States Steel Corp. | X | X | X | ||||
| Do. | Sparrows Point, MD | Severstal North America, Inc. | X | ||||||
| Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. | Jacksonville, FL | Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Charlotte, NC- | do. | X | ||||||
| Harsco Metals Corp. | Birmingham, AL | SMI/CMI Steel Group | X | ||||||
| Do. | Blytheville, AR | Nucor Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Blytheville (Armorel), AR | Nucor-Yamato Steel Co. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Pueblo, CO | Evraz Inc. NA | X | ||||||
| Do. | Wilton (Muscatine), IA- | SSAB North America | X | ||||||
| Do. | Pittsboro, IN | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Ghent, KY | Gallatin Steel Co. | X | ||||||
| Do. | do. | North American Stainless- | X | ||||||
| Do. | Ahoskie (Cofield), NC | Nucor Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Mansfield, OH6 | AK Steel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Warren, OH | Severstal North America, Inc. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Brackenridge, PA | Allegheny Ludlum Corp. | X | ||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||
| TABLE 4-Continued | |||||||||
| PROCESSORS OF IRON AND STEEL SLAG IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2010 | |||||||||
| Slag and furnace types1 | |||||||||
| Blast furnace slag | Steel furnace slag | ||||||||
| Slag processing company | Plant location | Steel company serviced2, 3 | AC | GG | Exp | BOF | OHF | EAF | |
| Harsco Metals Corp.-Continued: | Butler, PA | AK Steel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Coatesville, PA6 | ArcelorMittal USA- | X | ||||||
| Do. | Koppel, PA | TMK IPSCO | X | ||||||
| Do. | Latrobe, PA | Allegheny Ludlum Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Midland, PA7 | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Natrona Heights, PA8 | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Steelton, PA | ArcelorMittal USA- | X | ||||||
| Do. | Midlothian, TX | Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Geneva (Provo), UT | Old slag pile site | X | X | |||||
| Holcim (US) Inc. | Birmingham (Fairfield), AL5 | United States Steel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Camden, NJ | Foreign | X | ||||||
| Do. | Gary, IN | United States Steel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Lafarge North America Inc. | South Chicago, IL | ArcelorMittal USA- | X | ||||||
| Do. | East Chicago (Indiana Harbor), IN9 | do. | X | X | |||||
| Do. | Sparrows Point, MD | Severstal North America, Inc. | X | X | |||||
| Do. | Cleveland (Cuyahoga Co.), OH4 | ArcelorMittal USA- | X | ||||||
| Do. | Lordstown, OH | Old slag pile site | X | ||||||
| Do. | McDonald, OH | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Salt Springs (Youngstown), OH | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Warren, OH10 | Severstal North America, Inc. | X | ||||||
| Do. | West Mifflin (Duquesne), PA | United States Steel Corp. (ET Works) | X | ||||||
| Do. | Seattle, WA | Foreign | X | ||||||
| Lehigh Hanson, Inc. | Cementon, NY | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Evansville, PA | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | San Francisco, CA | do. | X | ||||||
| Lehigh/Hanson Slag Cement, Inc. | Cape Canaveral, FL | do. | X | ||||||
| The Levy Co., Inc. | Burns Harbor, IN | ArcelorMittal USA- | X | X | |||||
| Mountain Materials, Inc. | Ashland, KY4 | AK Steel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Phoenix Services LLC | Riverdale, IL | ArcelorMittal USA- | X | ||||||
| Do. | Indiana Harbor, East Chicago, IN11 | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Wilton, IA- | Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Sparrows Point, MD | Severstal North America, Inc. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Cool Springs/Steubenville, OH | Old slag pile site | X | ||||||
| Do. | Warren, OH10 | Severstal North America, Inc. | X | ||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||
| TABLE 4-Continued | |||||||||
| PROCESSORS OF IRON AND STEEL SLAG IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2010 | |||||||||
| Slag and furnace types1 | |||||||||
| Blast furnace slag | Steel furnace slag | ||||||||
| Slag processing company | Plant location | Steel company serviced2, 3 | AC | GG | Exp | BOF | OHF | EAF | |
| Phoenix Services LLC-Continued: | Johnstown, PA | Old slag pile site | X | ||||||
| Do. | Latrobe, PA | Latrobe Specialty Steel Co. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Vinton (El Paso), TX | ArcelorMittal USA- | X | ||||||
| Do. | Roanoke, VA- | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Weirton, WV | Old slag pile site | X | ||||||
| Recmix of PA, Inc. | Ghent, KY | North American Stainless | X | ||||||
| Do. | Sarver (Brackenridge), PA | Allegheny Ludlum Corp. | X | ||||||
| Rinker Materials Corp. | Miami, FL | Foreign | X | ||||||
| St. Marys Cement Inc. | Detroit, MI | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Milwaukee, WI | Domestic and foreign | X | ||||||
| Stein, Inc. | Alton, IL | Alton Steel Inc. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Granite City, IL4 | United States Steel Corp. | X | X | |||||
| Do. | Sterling, IL | Sterling Steel Co., LLC | X | ||||||
| Do. | Ashland, KY4 | AK Steel Corp. | X | X | |||||
| Do. | Canton, OH | Republic Engineered Products, Inc. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Cleveland, OH4 | ArcelorMittal USA- | X | X | |||||
| Do. | Loraine, OH | Republic Engineered Products, Inc. | X | X | |||||
| Do. | Mansfield, OH6 | AK Steel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Coatesville, PA6 | ArcelorMittal USA | X | ||||||
| Do. | Georgetown, SC | Georgetown Steel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Tube City IMS, LLC | Axis, AL | SSAB North America | X | ||||||
| Do. | Birmingham, AL | Nucor Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Tuscaloosa, AL | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Fort Smith, AR | GerdauMACSTEEL | X | ||||||
| Do. | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | TAMCO Steel | X | ||||||
| Do. | Claymont, DE | Evraz Inc. NA | X | ||||||
| Do. | Cartersville, GA | Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Kankakee, IL | Nucor Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Peoria, IL | Keystone Steel & Wire Co. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Gary, IN | United States Steel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Portage, IN | NLMK Indiana (Beta Steel Corp.) | X | ||||||
| Do. | Ashland, KY | Kentucky Electric Steel LLC | X | ||||||
| Do. | Jackson, MI | GerdauMACSTEEL | X | ||||||
| Do. | Monroe, MI | do. | X | ||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||
| TABLE 4-Continued | |||||||||
| PROCESSORS OF IRON AND STEEL SLAG IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2010 | |||||||||
| Slag and furnace types1 | |||||||||
| Blast furnace slag | Steel furnace slag | ||||||||
| Slag processing company | Plant location | Steel company serviced2, 3 | AC | GG | Exp | BOF | OHF | EAF | |
| Tube City IMS, LLC-Continued: | St. Paul, MN | Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Jackson, MS | Nucor Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Norfolk, NE | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Perth Amboy, NJ | Gerdau Ameristeel Corp.- | X | ||||||
| Do. | Sayreville, NJ | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Auburn, NY | Nucor Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Marion, OH | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Middletown, OH | AK Steel Corp. | X | X | |||||
| Do. | Mingo Junction, OH | Severstal North America, Inc. | X | X | X | ||||
| Do. | Youngstown, OH | V&M Star | X | ||||||
| Do. | Sand Springs, OK12 | Gerdau Ameristeel Corp.- | X | ||||||
| Do. | McMinnville, OR | Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Braddock, PA | United States Steel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Bridgeville, PA | Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. | X | ||||||
| Do. | New Castle, PA | Ellwood Quality Steels Co. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Park Hill (Johnstown), PA | Old slag pile site | X | X | |||||
| Do. | Pricedale, PA | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Reading, PA | Carpenter Technology Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Cayce, SC | SMI/CMC Steel Group | X | ||||||
| Do. | Darlington, SC | Nucor Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Jackson, TN | Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Knoxville, TN | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Beaumont, TX | do. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Jewett, TX | Nucor Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Lone Star, TX | Lone Star Steel Co. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Longview, TX | LeTourneau Technologies Steel Products | X | ||||||
| Do. | Seguin, TX | SMI/CMC Steel Group | X | ||||||
| Do. | Plymouth, UT | Nucor Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Petersburg, VA | Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. | X | ||||||
| Do. | Saukville, WI | Charter Steel | X | ||||||
| Uniserve LLC | Newport, AR- | Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC | X | ||||||
| Do. | Gallatin, TN | Hoeganaes Corp. | X | ||||||
| Vulcan Materials Co. | Tampa, FL | Foreign | X | ||||||
| Do., do. Ditto. | |||||||||
| 1Blast furnace slag type abbreviations: AC = air-cooled; GG = granulated; Exp = expanded. Steel furnace slag types: BOF = basic oxygen furnace; OHF = open hearth furnace; | |||||||||
| EAF = electric arc furnace.- | |||||||||
| TABLE 4-Continued | |||||||||
| PROCESSORS OF IRON AND STEEL SLAG IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2010 | |||||||||
| 2-Foreign- refers to the fact that the facility imports unground granulated blast furnace slag and grinds it onsite to make ground granulated blast furnace slag-commonly now referred to | |||||||||
| as -slag cement.-- -Domestic-- implies grinding slag sourced from the domestic market, not a service contract. | |||||||||
| 3Currently operating iron and (or) steel company. Company is not shown for old slag pile sites. | |||||||||
| 4For the air-cooled slag, Stein Inc. was responsible for the cooling but the processing and marketing were handled by Beelman Trucking (Granite City, IL), Lafarge Corp. (Cleveland, OH),- | |||||||||
| and Mountain Materials, Inc. (Ashland, KY), respectively. | |||||||||
| 5For granulated slag, Fritz Enterprises, Inc. operates the granulator but Holcim (US) Inc. owns the apparatus and markets the slag. | |||||||||
| 6The contracts for Mansfield, OH, and Coatesville, PA, were transferred to Stein, Inc. in mid-2010. | |||||||||
| 7The contract for Midland, PA, was captured by Harsco Metals Corp. at the end of 2009. | |||||||||
| 8Allegheny Ludlum Corp. closed the meltshop at Natrona Heights, PA, in July 2010. | |||||||||
| 9Lafarge grinds some of the granulated slag from East Chicago, IN, at several of its cement plants located elsewhere. | |||||||||
| 10The contract for Warren, OH, was captured by Phoenix Services LLC in October 2010. | |||||||||
| 11Both -east- and -west- sides. | |||||||||
| 12The Sand Springs, OK, plant closed in June 2010. | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
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