Steel Mills

CMC Gets Go-Ahead for West Virginia Micro Mill

July 18, 2023

Commercial Metals Co. (CMC) has secured a permit giving it the go-ahead to begin construction of its new micro mill in West Virginia.

The Irving, Texas-based longs and scrap producer said on July18 the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection granted it the permit, allowing for the commencement of construction of its “fourth technologically advanced micro mill.”

“With the permit in hand, and land purchase completed, we can now begin construction to achieve our targeted commissioning date in calendar 2025,” chairman and CEO Barbara Smith said in a statement.

CMC announced in December it had picked Berkeley County, W.Va., as the site for its newest rebar micro mill. The 500,000-ton-per-year project comes with a price tag of $450 million net of incentives.

Separately, CMC recently acquired EDSCO Fasteners, a producer of anchoring solutions for the electrical transmission market, for an undisclosed sum.

EDSCO makes anchor cages, bolts, and fasteners out of rebar from four manufacturing locations in Texas, Utah, Tennessee, and North Carolina.

“EDSCO’s innovative reinforcement solutions are well-positioned to benefit from the long-term transition to renewable energy, which will require extensive investment in electrical transmission capacity and wind power installations,” Smith noted in a press release on July 13.

Laura Miller

Laura Miller is a reporter and editor for Steel Market Update. She has held a variety of positions within the steel industry since 2007, including reporting and editing for Steel Business Briefing/Platts, the Association for Iron and Steel Technology, and Kallanish Commodities, as well as marketing for what was then known as ThyssenKrupp Steel USA (now AM/NS Calvert). After a five-year hiatus working across other industries, she returned to steel in 2021 and has covered the flat rolled, tubular, and trade areas of the industry. She is a member of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries and a past-president of the AWMI Pittsburgh Chapter. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. She can be reached at laura@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7869.