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    October 5, 2023

    SDI Columbus Takes Unplanned Hot Mill Outage, Pulls Forward Planned One

    Written by Michael Cowden

    Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) has lost some production this month at its sheet mill in Columbus, Miss., on a combination of planned and unplanned outages, according to sources familiar with the matter.

    The Fort Wayne, Ind.-based steelmaker temporarily stopped running one of the two electric-arc furnaces (EAFs) at Columbus because of a minor fire in the vicinity of a transformer switch, the sources said. There were no injuries.

    Michael Cowden

    Michael Cowden is editor-in-chief for Steel Market Update. Cowden has covered the steel industry since 2007. He specializes in flat-rolled steel but has also reported on steel long products, steel pipe and tube, and aluminum. Before joining SMU, Cowden held reporting jobs at Fastmarkets AMM in Chicago, the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, and the Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh. He has also worked as a copy editor and in marketing at the University of Chicago Press. Cowden has a BA in English from the University of Chicago and an MSJ journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Contact him at michael@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7872.

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