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    August 1, 2023

    SDI’s Sinton Hot Mill is Back Up and Running

    Written by Laura Miller

    Steel Dynamics Inc.’s hot strip mill in Sinton, Texas, is back up and running after a month-long unplanned outage.

    The hot end of the Sinton mill had been down since July 1 because of caster shear equipment issues.

    SDI announced the successful restart of the mill on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 1, as its team “has successfully addressed” those equipment issues.

    The Fort Wayne, Ind.-based steelmaker noted in the announcement that the cold mill and downstream value-added flat-rolled steel coating lines remained operational during the outage.

    Total loss of volume related to the outage is expected to be 50,000 to 70,000 net tons, executives said on the company’s second-quarter earnings call with analysts on July 20. The mill has an official capacity of 3 million tons per year.

    The hot mill was running at 52-55% before the outage. The plans are to progressively ramp up to an 80% run rate by year’s end, co-founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Millett said on the call.

    Laura Miller

    Laura Miller is a reporter and editor for Steel Market Update. She has held various editorial positions with steel industry publications, associations, and mills since 2007. She joined the SMU team in 2022. 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.

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