SSAB Iowa Montpelier Works
Large load · 1770 BILL SHARP BOULEVARD, Muscatine, IA
SSAB Iowa's Montpelier mill near Muscatine, Iowa produces steel in an electric arc furnace with a crude steel production capacity of 1.2 million tonnes. MidAmerican Energy supplies its electricity, and a 2005 service order said transferring the mill's load to MidAmerican would add approximately 40 MW to MidAmerican's peak demand.
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Overview
The Montpelier mill makes scrap-based steel in an electric arc furnace and produces heavy plate, with crude steel production capacity of 1.2 million tonnes. Products are high quality steel coil and plate, with coil slitting, blasting and painting, and heat treatments. SSAB began operating in Iowa in 1997.
Profile
- Electricity and grid
- MidAmerican Energy supplies renewable wind energy to the Iowa operation. Effective October 1, 2005, MidAmerican was authorized to commence electric service to IPSCO, the mill's former owner, replacing Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative. MidAmerican stated the transfer of the IPSCO load would increase its peak demand by approximately 40 MW. The flexible-rate contract term was 10 years, 5 months.
- Ownership
- SSAB Iowa Inc is recorded as the facility owner by Iowa DNR. SSAB AB (publ) is a limited liability company with its registered office in Stockholm, Sweden and production facilities in Sweden, Finland and the USA.
- Permits
- The plant has an active Title V air quality program, 70-08-002, and wastewater permit 7000108. Iowa NPDES permit 7000108 was issued on May 1, 2026 and expires April 30, 2031.
Facility
- Activity
- Scrap-based electric arc furnace steel production, heavy plate
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Permits and agreements
- Permit
- Title V air permit 70-08-002 and wastewater permit 7000108