Steel Dynamics Roanoke Bar Division
Large load · 102 WESTSIDE BLVD NW, Roanoke, VA
Steel Dynamics' Roanoke Bar Division is an electric arc furnace mini steel mill in Roanoke, Virginia, that makes merchant steel products and semi-finished billets. Steel Dynamics acquired the facility in 2006. In 2017 the company announced a $28 million expansion that added a reheating furnace and finishing area and was expected to raise rolling capacity from 500,000 to 600,000 tons per year.
Overview
Steel Dynamics describes the Roanoke Bar Division as a state-of-the-art mini steel mill located in Roanoke, Virginia. The facility melts scrap steel in an electric arc furnace and casts billets, which it rolls into light sections and reinforcing bars. Founded in 1955 and acquired by SDI in 2006, the mill's output is merchant steel products and semi-finished billets. Steel Dynamics lists the division among its facilities alongside Steel of West Virginia in Huntington.
Profile
- 2017 rolling expansion
- Steel Dynamics announced a $28 million investment in its Roanoke Bar Division in 2017 to integrate a new reheating furnace and finishing area into the facility. The company said the current rolling capacity would increase from 500,000 tons per year to 600,000, and rebar production was expected to rise to more than 200,000 tons annually. The contract for the new equipment went to SMS Group, and commissioning was expected to begin at the end of 2017.
- Ownership
- Steel Dynamics Inc. (Nasdaq: STLD), based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is the parent company named in the 2017 investment announcement. The company's own facility page lists the Roanoke Bar Division among its operations, and the division appears under the same owner as the company's Structural and Rail Division and Engineered Bar Products Division. Roanoke Bar Division General Manager Joe Crawford said the new equipment allows for multi-strand slitting and rebar finishing.
Facility
- Activity
- Merchant bars, rebar and semi-finished billets from an electric arc furnace mini mill
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Related records
Timeline
- Feb 6, 2017
- Steel Dynamics announced a $28 million investment to raise Roanoke Bar Division rolling capacity from 500,000 to 600,000 tons per year.
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