Steel Mills
U.S. Steel taking 45-day outage on Gary Works' BF4
Written by Ethan Bernard
April 15, 2024
U.S. Steel’s No. 4 blast furnace (BF4) at its Gary Works in northwest Indiana is undergoing a 45-day maintenance outage that started on April 4.
A spokesperson for the Pittsburgh-based steelmaker confirmed the news on Monday with SMU, noting that the maintenance would include shotcrete (sprayed concrete), among other projects.
U.S. Steel has four blast furnaces at Gary Works, according to SMU’s blast furnace status table, with BF4 having a daily capacity of 3,800 short tons (st). The other three are listed as running.
Gary Works is U. S. Steel’s largest manufacturing plant, with an annual raw steelmaking capability of 7.5 million st, according to its website.
Correction: An earlier version of this article listed the outage as the No. 8 blast furnace. This was the blast furnace provided at the time by U.S. Steel, and the company has since corrected it to BF4.
Ethan Bernard
Read more from Ethan BernardLatest in Steel Mills
August US mill shipments slip but still higher than last year
The American Iron and Steel Institute reported a decline in the monthly shipments of US mills from July to August.
TransPod, Algoma, Supreme Steel linkup anchors Canadian steel in high-speed transit build
The three Canadian companies have announced a strategic partnership to support the development of an ultra-high-speed transit line from Edmonton to Calgary.
Metallus, USW agree to tentative four-year labor deal
Metallus and the United Steelworkers (USW) have agreed to a tentative four-year labor contract.
ArcelorMittal Dofasco resumes cokemaking after emergency maintenance
The Canadian steelmaker reported on Sept. 30 that “urgent maintenance” was needed in its coke plant off-gas systems. The work required coke oven gas from the No. 2 coke plant to be flared for most of that week.
AISI: Raw steel production ticks back down
US raw steel output declined last week after increasing the week prior, according to the latest data from the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). Output has see-sawed from week to week since mid-August. Still, it has remained historically strong over the past four months and has held near multi-year highs since June. Domestic mills […]