A Texas-based steel distributor recently restarted its facility in Mingo Junction, Ohio, after being idle for 3,545 days.
The JSW USA plant is now a melt and manufacture mill, the largest Connsteel Tenova EFA in North America. The first slab was cast on December 14, 2018.
“Today, we are making history,” said John Hritz, President and CEO of JSW USA. “I would like to congratulate the entire Ohio team on this great success. Together, we will be making hundreds of new jobs in Mingo Junction.”
JSW USA also announced that it is in the design process to install another EAF in Ohio and is beefing up its Baytown, Texas, mill with additional melt and manufacture equipment. Once the company completes both of the EAFs in Ohio and a third in Texas, JSW USA will become a 3-million-ton fflat-rolledmill, a 1-million-ton plate mill, and a 500,000-ton pipe mill.
“When all is said and done, JSW USA will be producing the highest quality, lowest cost steel products in the country, whether they’re made in Texas or here in Ohio,” said Hritz. “This is all about installing the best technology in the world here in the US and creating secure jobs for decades to come in our industry.”
