Steel Dust Recycling LLC
Large load · 13209 HIGHWAY 96, Millport, AL
Steel Dust Recycling operates a Waelz kiln plant at 13209 Highway 96 in Millport, Lamar County, Alabama, that recycles electric arc furnace steel dust to recover zinc and lead. The plant makes Waelz Oxide, also called Crude Zinc Oxide, and Waelz Iron Product. It sits on 66 acres and is owned within the Zinc Nacional and Grupo Promax group.
Overview
The plant recycles Electric Arc Furnace steel dust using Waelz Kiln technology, and generates two finished products: Waelz Oxide, also known as Crude Zinc Oxide, and Waelz Iron Product. The company says it can currently process more than 240,000 tons of EAF dust annually. The facility is located on 66 acres near Millport, Alabama.
Profile
- Ownership
- EPA's registry lists Steel Dust Recycling, LLC as operator and lists both Steel Dust Recycling, LLC and DRA INC as owners. Zinc Nacional acquired SDR in late 2009, and SDR became part of Grupo Promax, the owner of Zinc Nacional, effective October 1, 2009.
- Permits
- EPA's registry records an NPDES industrial stormwater permit ALG120690, RCRA handler ID ALR000042754 and air source 0107500010 listed as AIR MAJOR (OPERATING).
- Investment and workforce
- The plant was announced in 2007 as a $35 million project, and a $30 million expansion was reported in progress in September 2015. The 2015 expansion was to raise the workforce from 100 to around 140 people.
Facility
- Activity
- Recycles electric arc furnace steel dust using Waelz kiln technology to recover zinc and lead
- Industry
- Industrial
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Permits and agreements
- Permit
- ALG120690
Issued Jun 29, 2023
- Permit
- ALR000042754
- Permit
- 0107500010 AIR MAJOR (OPERATING)
Issued Sep 18, 2014